studying performance changes on a two dimensional "growth– profitability performance space". It is well established that both … growth and profitability are important dimensions of SME performance. The majority of earlier studies tend to focus on the … evolution of firm growth or profitability separately. Alternatively, they explore the impact of growth on profitability and vice …

primary source of economic development, innovation and growth. The realisation that fast growing SMEs are major contributors … seen on a broad scale as a foundation for economic growth, this can also be seen specifically at the level of the regional … higher growth firms tend to make greater use of non-local networks (Cooke et al. 2005). This highlights a need to evaluate …

Entrepreneurial marketing has gained popularity in both the entrepreneurship and marketing disciplines in recent times … entrepreneurship and marketing. There is now an emerging body of work dedicated to this interface, hence the development of … gaining recognition in mainstream entrepreneurship and marketing literature. For example new marketing textbooks now …

in international markets and, thereby, enrich their limited resource base. In this study, we examine the growth …’s theory of the growth of the firm we propose that the new knowledge is a malleable resource enhancing different growth …’s growth advantage in international markets and to further internationalization. In addition, the study shows that it provides …

claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question …, and (iii) productivity and growth, relative to the contributions of the entrepreneurs’ counterparts, i.e., the ‘control … group’? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals’ utility levels …

Despite the growing acknowledgement that entrepreneurship is an important driver of regional innovation and growth, the … that the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and regional growth is governed by a series of network dynamics …. Drawing upon aspects of endogenous growth theory and the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship, it is proposed that …