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Revisiting control aversion: the role of financiers in connecting entrepreneurs to the marketplace

Silver, Lars; Lundahl, Nicolaus; Berggren, Björn - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 22 (2015) 3, pp. 417-432

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of small business entrepreneurs’ relinquishment of control aversion and the impact of their interaction with external financiers on market connection. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaires were sent to the chief...

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Perceptions of product advantage, NPD and organisational performance

Healy, Brian; Ledwith, Ann; O'Dwyer, Michele - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 21 (2014) 1, pp. 49-68

Purpose – This paper aims to extend previous studies on new product development (NPD) performance by identifying the product advantage, new product performance and organisational performance indicators that are considered by small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) to be most relevant to their...

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E-commerce trading activity and the SME sector: an FSB perspective

Pickernell, David; Jones, Paul; Packham, Gary; Thomas, … - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 20 (2013) 4, pp. 866-888

a range of owner and SME typology variables. Findings – The results suggest that e-commerce is more strongly apparent in … business advice and finance to encourage e-commerce. Moreover, it was apparent that certain SME characteristics, namely …

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Strategies for marketing diamonds in China from the perspective of international diamond SMEs compared to the west

Berger, Ron; Herstein, Ram - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 22 (2015) 3, pp. 549-562

limitations/implications – Future studies should use a quantitative questionnaire with a larger set of Chinese SME diamond firms …

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High growth trajectories in small and medium sized enterprises: a comparative study

Chanut-Guieu, Cécile; C. Guieu, Gilles - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 21 (2014) 4, pp. 623-637

Purpose – Rapid growth constitutes both a theoretical and an economic issue. Thanks to a comparative study of five high growth small and medium sized enterprises located in Rhône-Alp and Provence (France), the authors propose a processual analysis of high growth trajectories. The purpose of...

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Discouraged borrowers aftermath of financial crisis: a UK study

Rostamkalaei, Anoosheh - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 24 (2017) 2, pp. 394-410

enterprise’s (SME) lending market during the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008. It detects the extent to which the … based on surveys of UK SME Finance Monitor (2011-2016). Probit regression models were used to assess the effect of time …

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Perceptions of entrepreneurs about their zero employee web enabled businesses

J. McQueen, Robert; Yin, Zhaowen - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 21 (2014) 1, pp. 26-48

definition of ZEWEs is conceived and presented, synthesized from gaps in previous SME, micro business and web-based business … published research. Enablers and barriers to the successful establishment of a ZEWE are identified and compared to previous SME … this class have been uncovered and compared to previous SME research. This new enterprise category may become important in …

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Forces influencing the speed of internationalisation : An exploratory Norwegian and Irish study

Langseth, Henry; O'Dwyer, Michele; Arpa, Claire - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 23 (2016) 1, pp. 122-148

internationalisation process. The enabling force (technology) has implications for government in their support of the SME macro environment … reality of SME internationalisation. …

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From strategic orientation to social media orientation : Improving SMEs’ performance on social media

Dutot, Vincent; Bergeron, François - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 23 (2016) 4, pp. 1165-1190

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a framework of small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) strategic orientation (SO) and its impact on social media performance. Moreover, it introduces a new concept, social media orientation (SMO) (composed of sales and business development...

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A new approach to prioritizing SME regulation reforms

Jitmaneeroj, Boonlert - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 23 (2016) 3, pp. 854-872

Purpose – Despite their important role for small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) policy reform, the individual scores …

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