Enterprise College Wales (ECW), designed by the University of Glamorgan, is an on-line, webbaseddegree in Enterprise, aimed at creating and improving entrepreneurial and managerialcapacity in the EU Objective One Areas of Wales, where such activity has been deficient. Thisdistance learning (with...

It is recognised that Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) need to adapt and change toremain competitive in the rapidly changing business environment of the 21st Century. As withmany other industries this is evident in the Agri-food industry in Wales where Agrifood SMEscan attain a...

One region where e-commerce will have a particular impact for small and medium-sizedenterprises (SMEs) over the next few years will be in South East Wales (SEW). In response tothis a survey was undertaken by the Welsh Enterprise Institute (WEI) in collaboration with theOpen University Business...

Entrepreneurship and small business development has been subject to a considerable amount ofacademic speculation. Historically, a wide range of studies have reported that the organisationaland managerial dynamics of an entrepreneurial firm change as it develops and grows. It iscommonly...

The recent rejection of British Aerospace's (BAe) application for 25m in Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) for its Broughton facility in North Wales, and subsequent granting of 19·5m in other aid packages, has highlighted an important policy issue now facing development areas across the UK....

Drawing on extensive academic research concerning clusters and networks, this paper seeks to create a framework capable of reviewing and monitoring different aspects of clusters and networks on an ongoing basis. The nine-element framework allows evaluation of the structures and processes for the...