Small firms are critical to all economies but also have a significant negative impact on the environment. Their collective footprint equates to 60% of industrial pollution yet small firm owner-managers are not convinced of the necessity for behaviour change. This paper develops a proposed...

Traditionally, environmental education has been aimed at the community or in primary schools and governmental pressure to reduce environmental damage has focussed on large businesses. More recently, the role and importance of small business and how to engage them in the environmental debate has...

Traditionally, environmental education has been aimed at the community or in primary schools and governmental pressure to reduce environmental damage has focussed on large businesses. More recently, the role and importance of small business and how to engage them in the environmental debate has...

There are more than eight hundred and fifty thousand small businesses in Australia that are home-based, a significant proportion of all businesses in the country. Past studies of home-based businesses reveal that they can be at a disadvantage due to the operator's isolation and lacking in access...

Education and training can enhance small business owner/managers' managerial skills and is known to be effective in reducing small business failure. Training plays an important role in the competitive success of firms as people who acquire appropriate skills are more productive based on output...

Business incubators have been described as a unique way to facilitate the transition of a new business idea or concept to fruition and to assist in the dynamic process of business enterprise development. Business incubators also fulfil all levels of government's commitment to building local...

Many small business owners are competent technicians but are often poor bosses as they have limited managerial skills and competencies. This lack of managerial skills spans all aspects of business operation, including staffing. Poor human resource management practices are a demonstrated barrier...

In recent times, environmental or 'green' concerns have become a significant consideration in overall business management, policy-making and strategy. How to make firms 'greener', and hence more sustainable in the medium to long-term, is now an important factor in successful enterprise...

Participation by small and medium enterprise (SME) in corporate social responsibility issues has been found to be lacking. This is a critical issue, as individually SMEs may have little impact on the environment but their collective footprint is significant. The management style and ethical...

Environmental management practices are common in large companies, but rare in small businesses even though, collectively, their environmental footprint is substantially greater. There is, therefore, a crucial need to engage small businesses in practices that reduce their environmental impact and...