The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of government regulation on small business performance outcomes. The received wisdom arising from previous studies often assumes a rather narrow view of regulation focussing on the burdens, costs and constraints that regulation imposes on...

Purpose: This paper investigates the linking between employees' working life (EWL) and job performance of ethnic minority Bangladeshi restaurants in Greater London. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use in depth face-to-face interviews of 40 participants working in 20 Bangladeshi...

Purpose: This article examines access to finance for SMEs in the Baltic States and the South Caucasus countries following the financial crisis of 2007 and is set within the context of the rule of law for businesses. Design/methodology/approach: The article uses the cross-sectional dataset from...