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Sustainability performance reporting in Ghana: the views of SMEs Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Acheampong Owusu, Venancio Tauringana, Nicholas Asare
The study examines the perspectives of small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) on sustainability performance reporting in Ghana and also determines the impact of the barriers and motivations on S...
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Personal factors as determinants of the risk rating for SME investment Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Antonio Jurado, Marcelo Sánchez-Oro Sánchez, Rafael Robina-Ramirez, Hector V. Jimenez-Naranjo
What variables indicate whether a small or medium enterprise (SME) applying for financing from a development bank is a good loan candidate? Structural equation modeling applied to a set of variable...
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Gender differences among university students towards sustainable entrepreneurship Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Hasnan Baber
The objective of this paper is to understand gender differences in sustainable entrepreneurial intentions among university students through the attitude, education, and moral obligations of an indi...
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Digital entrepreneur’s platformication and rapid internationalization through brokering, making and giving sense Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Nicolaj Hannesbo Petersen, Erik Rasmussen
In the realm of entrepreneurship and rapid international growth, the influence of digital technologies is profound. The sustained growth of Born Digital firms hinges on intricate relational and net...
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Digital skills recruitment challenges in small enterprises: the role of blockchain Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Nagarajan Venkatachalam, Raja Kannusamy
Industry reports estimate blockchain can potentially generate around $3.1 trillion in new businesses by 2030. These latest digital technologies present more opportunities for all sizes of enterpris...
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Managerial capability, business strategy, and performance: the role of external factors Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Ahmed Agyapong, Samuel Yaw Akomea, Marting Ansah Owusu, Abigail Phoebe Nkansah, Mariama Zakari
The purpose of the paper is to investigate (1) the mediating role of business strategies in the managerial capability-performance relationship; and (2) the moderating roles of environmental conting...
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An analysis of the financial performance of tech startups: do quantum and sources of finance make a difference in India? Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Shivalik Singh, Bala Subrahmanya Mungila Hillemane
Researchers widely agree on finance's vital role for tech startups, considering their diverse financial needs for growth and success. However, limited research investigates how financing impacts a ...
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Knowledge transfer and superior performance in entrepreneurial SMEs in emerging countries: the mediating role of absorption and learning capabilities Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Mercedes Fajardo Ortiz, Martha Lucía Cruz Rincón, Ricardo Santa, Thomas Tegethoff, Maicol Leandro Quijano Romero
The existing empirical evidence indicates that the relationship between knowledge transfer and performance presents mixed results and that it is not conclusive, thus it is necessary to understand t...
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International entrepreneurship intention of Omani youths: an empirical causal approach Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Iffat Sabir Chaudhry, Rene Y. Paquibut, Habib Chabchoub
This paper aims to investigate international entrepreneurship from a causal perspective for the Omani youths’ case study. Anchored on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), the empirical study asse...
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Drivers of religious entrepreneurial behaviour among Pentecostal pastors: push-pull-mooring theory and theory of planned behaviour Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Agu Godswill Agu, Okereafor Geff Etochkwu, Omotosho Daniel T, Okocha Ebere Rejoice, Uche Dickson Ben
Little academic research has been devoted to entrepreneurship and religion, and the major focus has been on religious beliefs and entrepreneurial behaviour. Studies investigating the determinants o...
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The boon and bane of ICT services to small and medium-sized tourism and hospitality enterprises (SMTHEs) in northern Ghana Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Frederick Dayour, Stephen Adongo, Enoch Akwasi Kosoe
ABSTRACT The adoption of Information Communication Technology (ICT) by SMTHEs is increasing – with its accompanying benefits and challenges. Yet, researchers have barely turned their attention to the benefits and challenges of using ICTs among SMEs within the hospitality and tourism industry, especially in Ghana. Informed by the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT 2), Diffusion
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Efficiency realization and capacity increase: implementing lean six sigma in a growing startup Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Morten Bakke, David Claudio
ABSTRACT Lean is an ideology that businesses turn to create value for customers. Research literature shows a lack of successful implementation, specifically in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This applied research analyses a local Montana startup and uses concepts from lean six sigma and industry 4.0 (I4) to reduce waste and prepare the company for future growth. The applied research uses
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Machine learning for predictive model in entrepreneurship research: predicting entrepreneurial action Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Doohee Chung
ABSTRACT This study introduces a method for developing predictive models using machine learning in entrepreneurship research. Machine learning is known to provide a superior performance of prediction by identifying hidden patterns in data through an inductive approach. However, there are very few studies adopting this methodology in social sciences, especially in the field of entrepreneurship. This
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Entrepreneurial networks in localized embedding practices: a case study from the Norwegian micro wool industry Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Siw M. Fosstenløkken, Elin Kubberød, Viktorija Viciunaite
ABSTRACT This paper expands and contextualizes relational perspectives on entrepreneurial practice by considering local embeddedness in networks, a hitherto under-investigated area in entrepreneurship research. Local embeddedness emphasizes the importance of the social aspect in shaping entrepreneurial practices. Therefore, our study explores the role of networks in localized embedding practice. Using
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Resilient growth in international entrepreneurship Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-11-21 Lasse Torkkeli, Sharon Loane
Published in Small Enterprise Research (Vol. 29, No. 3, 2022)
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Exports during the pandemic: enhanced by digitalization Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-11-16 Ahmed Tolba, Esra Karadeniz, Fatima Boutaleb, Chafik Bouhaddioui, Ehud Menipaz, Fernando Pereira, Yolanda Bueno, Mohammed Alsaeed, Thomas Schøtt
ABSTRACT How are exports shaped by digitalization? Scholars debate a global digital divide that impacts internationalization. The pandemic disrupted exports, so the pandemic provides opportunity to examine digitalization as a tool for recovery of exports. Analysis of 47 sampled countries shows that wealth, especially in the West, facilitated early digitalization, but that other regions are catching
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Indigenous entrepreneurs’ export practices in Aotearoa New Zealand Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-10-17 Tanya Jurado, Jason Paul Mika
ABSTRACT In recent years global trade has come under attack for a growth focus that has failed to stem inequality. At the same time, the number of Indigenous exporters is on the rise. The purpose of this study was to understand Indigenous export practices to gain insights for future trade policy development. We thematically analysed semi-structured interviews with Māori entrepreneurs who were experienced
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Resilience and business model adaptation in turbulent times: experiences of Russophone migrant entrepreneurs in Germany during Covid-pandemic Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-10-15 Maria Elo, Liubov Ermolaeva, Maria Ivanova-Gongne, Daria Klishevich
ABSTRACT Migrants starting up businesses face different challenges than local companies, this difference can represent multifaceted features during turbulent times. Migrant entrepreneurs with diaspora resources can adapt their business models with special cultural and linguistic value creation elements that target markets both physically and online using digital means. Migrant resilience has been ignored
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One step back, two steps forward: internationalization strategies and the resilient growth of entrepreneurial ecosystems Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-10-13 Ralph Henn, Orestis Terzidis, Katherina Kuschel, Juan Carlos Leiva, Carlos Alsua
ABSTRACT The concept of resilience has been recently integrated into the entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) approach, as regional economies are pressured to raise their robustness against exogenous and endogenous crises. However, the Global South, particularly Latin American countries, has unique business dynamics and paradoxes due to the informal economy, weak institutions, low level of innovation, yet
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The role of slack resources and managerial capabilities in early and late internationalization: a configurational approach Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-09-07 Anna Vuorio, Anisur R. Faroque, Olli Kuivalainen
ABSTRACT Internationalization requires a distinct set of managerial capabilities and company resources. Despite a call for examining the impact of cognitive capabilities on international entrepreneurship, only a few studies have attempted to do so. Since international entrepreneurship starts with opportunity recognition, attention should be paid to this first step in the internationalization process
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An evaluation of an arts-based pedagogy: the benefits of cultural animation for SME owners in an economically deprived region Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-08-30 Udeni Salmon
ABSTRACT This paper explores insights from a recent entrepreneurship education programme in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, an economically deprived region of the UK. An arts-based pedagogical innovation, Cultural Animation (CA), is evaluated for its learning outcomes. The case study explores the specific benefits of this pedagogy for improving the skills of SME owner-managers. Taking an ethnographic
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Extending the absorptive capacity of the small family entrepreneurs and managers as gatekeepers Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-08-18 Anthony Abiodun Eniola
ABSTRACT Specialized literature reveals that the level of absorptive capacity (ACAP) within organizations depends on the individuals who are at the company's interface with the external environment or at the interface between the company's subunits. It also highlights that some individuals assume relatively centralized gatekeeper roles. The study argues that individual ACAP precedes organizational
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The jockey on the horse: what makes a winning ride in the eyes of early-stage investors? Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-07-18 Mojca Svetek, Mateja Drnovšek
Abstract To date, much of the research on early-stage equity investing has revolved around the question of whether early-stage equity investors place more importance on the entrepreneur (jockey) or the business opportunity (horse). Yet research has failed to agree on the relative importance of these two aspects of investment opportunity. The purpose of this study is to clarify how early-stage equity
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Entrepreneurs with disability: Australian insights through a social ecology lens Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-07-13 Simon Darcy, Jock Collins, Megan Stronach
ABSTRACT The study of people with disability who become entrepreneurs has been a neglected field of research but with a developing body of knowledge from different countries around the world over the last two decades. This paper aims to contribute to that body of knowledge through examining the journeys of entrepreneurs with disability (EwD) in Australia. It does so through a theoretical framework
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Business model innovation for resilient international growth Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-07-13 Taina Eriksson, Marikka Heikkilä, Niina Nummela
ABSTRACT Our knowledge concerning the link between internationalization and business model innovation remains limited. This study investigates the change in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) searching for organizational resilience. It particularly focuses on discovering how SMEs innovate their business models when seeking organisational resilience through international growth. In order to answer
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L'île Flottante: Ivory Coast's eco-friendly sustainable floating island resort Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-06-27 Jashim Uddin Ahmed, Quazi Tafsirul Islam, Asma Ahmed, Sarika Iqbal
ABSTRACT This case discusses Ivory Coast's floating island resort – L'île Flottante, a sustainable tourism initiative in Abidjan that innovatively reuses single-use plastic products to address irresponsible consumption of single-use plastic and raise awareness through ecotourism. Innovative entrepreneurial initiatives like these are essential towards sustainable development. Sustainable Development
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Customer – Centric informal business marketing in Africa: the case of Ethiopian MSMEs Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-06-12 Mebrahtu Leake Teklehaimanot, Elias Orebo Kamebo, Giday Gebrehiwot Gebremichael
ABSTRACT Many sub-Saharan African countries promote micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to play crucial roles in Africa's socio-economic development. However, evidence from previous research highlights that enterprises remain informal, small, and with low performance due to the formidable challenges. Previous efforts that attempt to understand what challenges/determines the enterprises' performance
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Typology and dynamics of actors` roles and positions within entrepreneurial ecosystems: an exploratory study Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Abdollah Mohammadparast Tabas, Hanna Komulainen, Satu Nätti
ABSTRACT This study explores how health-tech small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) could better utilize the entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) around them in developing their business within this fast-growing yet under-researched industry. Based on the qualitative empirical study, we examine actor roles and related dynamics in the health-tech ecosystem to understand how firms could benefit from the ecosystem's
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The silver economy on wheels: a narrative review of the mature-aged, hypermobile gig worker phenomena Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-03-10 Bronwyn Eager, Alex Maritz, Jan Millemann
ABSTRACT In this narrative review, we provide a historical overview of the rising trend towards vehicle-based living, focusing on mature-aged, hypermobile, gig workers. We draw on findings from several bodies of literature, including road-based tourism and digital nomadism, as well as narratives from popular culture artefacts. Focusing on the nexus of tourism, housing, senior entrepreneurship, remote
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Small enterprises and the silver economy Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Aisling Conway Lenihan, Helen McGuirk
(2022). Small enterprises and the silver economy. Small Enterprise Research: Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 1-5.
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Entrepreneurial orientation and New Zealand family business growth performance: environmental effects Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-02-18 Olufemi Muibi Omisakin, Nurudeen Adegoke
ABSTRACT There has been extensive study in the entrepreneurial orientation domain (EO) from uni-dimensional and multidimensional perspectives and relationships between EO and business growth performance. There has been limited study concerning the EO family and small business relationship and environmental impact from New Zealand perspective. Focusing on family business, this research examined the
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Barriers to business enterprises growth in Ghana Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2022-02-16 Ibrahim Mohammed, Alhassan Bunyaminu
ABSTRACT This study sought to identify the major obstacles to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) growth in Ghana and to determine how the identified obstacles affect business growth. Using a quantitative research design, the study relied on World Bank's data from the Enterprise Survey on Ghana. The factor analysis (FA) was used to reduce the dimensionality of obstacles affecting the operations
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Pipeline to the future: succession and performance planning for small business Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Tui McKeown
(2021). Pipeline to the future: succession and performance planning for small business. Small Enterprise Research: Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 404-405.
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Part-time entrepreneurship in the third age: well-being and motives Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Anmari Viljamaa, Sanna Joensuu-Salo, Emilia Kangas
ABSTRACT The objective is to contribute to understanding entrepreneurship in ageing societies and to suggest avenues to ensure people in their third age (aged 50+) actively contribute to the supply side of the silver economy. To this end, we apply mixed methods to understand the different effects of motives and attitudes on the well-being of part-time entrepreneurs. The analysis is refined by categorizing
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Milkiana Cattle feed- an entrepreneurial saga of business integration: case study Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-11-14 Anuj Kumar, Nimit Gupta, Asmat Ara Shaikh, Purvi Pujari
ABSTRACT Milkiana Cattle feed is a success story of the young and second-generation entrepreneur Mr. Pramod Agrawal. It was his dream to develop such an Indian brand that would be emblematic of the quality and consistency in the cattle feed industry. With no such experience in this business and hailing from a conservative business family, it was not easy for him to pursue this debut venture. It was
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Expectations for young job applicants’ digital identity related to company’s social media brand development strategies Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-11-10 Ari Happonen, Laura Manninen, Marika Hirvimäki, Alexander Nolte
ABSTRACT It is common for SMEs to include their employees’ social media image and followers in their brand development strategy. Thus, they consequently also make the social media image and followers of prospective employees’ part of their recruitment strategy. However, most students have not yet noticed this trend and are primarily focusing on goals set by their education programmes without focusing
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Predictors of tax compliance intentions among self-employed individuals: the role of trust, perceived tax complexity and antecedent-based intervention strategies Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-10-15 Godfred Matthew Yaw Owusu, Rita Amoah Bekoe, Rockson Mintah
ABSTRACT This study examines the tax compliance intentions of self-employed individuals in the informal sector and evaluates the effect of antecedent-based intervention strategies, trust and perceived tax complexity on tax compliance intention. Using the extended version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour as the theoretical base, the study additionally investigates whether attitude, subjective norms
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Performance of micro and small enterprises in Malawi: do village savings and loans associations matter? Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-10-15 Alick Archangel Kaumba, Emmanuel Agyapong Wiafe, Symon Chawinga
ABSTRACT Village savings and loans has become a prominent financing option for micro and small enterprises in the Lilongwe District, Malawi. Despite this, its impact on the performances of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) are yet to be ascertained. Hence, this study aimed at assessing the effect of VSLAs on the performance of MSEs in Lilongwe, Malawi. The study used a comparative study by comparing
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Subsistence small business entrepreneurs in Pakistan Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-10-13 Sumayya Rashid, Vanessa Ratten
ABSTRACT Subsistence small business entrepreneurs operate to fulfil the necessities of life but do so on a smaller scale with fewer resources and capital. In this paper, we will explore the domains of entrepreneurial ecosystems in Pakistan, to understand the support needed for subsistence entrepreneurs. Following a qualitative research approach, data are collected through in-depth interviews with subsistence
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Employer and employee perspectives of HRM practices within SMEs Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-10-12 Tim Mazzarol, Geoffrey N. Soutar, Tui McKeown, Sophie Reboud, Sujana Adapa, John Rice, Delwyn Clark
ABSTRACT This paper examines the perspectives of employers and employees within nano, micro, small, medium, and large firms in relation to HRM practices. The study draws upon a large sample of respondents from firms of all size categories. An online questionnaire comprising established HRM measures was used to collect the data. A multivariate discriminant analysis procedure was used to identify the
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How combinations of network participation, firm age and firm size explain SMEs’ responses to COVID-19 Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-10-10 Dag Håkon Haneberg
ABSTRACT Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are important to the economy but vulnerable to changes in their environment. A current example of an exogenous shock threatening SMEs globally is the COVID-19 pandemic, and the firms’ responses to the crisis are essential to the prosperity of national economies in the future. The purpose of this paper is therefore to investigate how different antecedent
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Exploring determinants in cross-border activity in equity crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending, from a user’s perspective Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-10-10 Nikolaos Daskalakis, Efstathios Karpouzis
ABSTRACT This paper explores differences between equity crowdfunding and peer-to-peer (p2p) lending determinants of cross-border activity, from a user’s perspective. We use a unique database of survey respondents, registered in equity crowdfunding and p2p lending platforms across Europe. We find clear differentiations between equity crowdfunding and p2p lending. Equity crowdfunders are driven mainly
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Phronesis and enactive research from the movie industry: an exploration of entrepreneuring as practice Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-08-26 Rajeev Kamineni
ABSTRACT The principle purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of employing enactive research as a research method within the context of entrepreneurship studies. A case, for getting involved in the research, is built by presenting the advantage of being an entresearcher (Johannisson, 2018 Johannisson, B. (2018). Disclosing entrepreneurship as practice – the enactive approach. Edward Elgar
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Innovation-performance relationship: the moderating role of market dynamism Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-08-24 Ahmed Agyapong, Henry Kofi Mensah, Samuel Yaw Akomea
ABSTRACT The aims to examine how dimensions of innovation uniquely influence firm performance in the dynamic market environment. The study was conducted with a dataset from 177 Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Ghana. A Hierarchical Multiple Regression (HMR) technique was used to explore the relationships. Among the three dimensions of Innovation, the study found that, product and technological
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Mining for silver: the role of micro-firm adaptive strategizing capabilities in harnessing senior tourism Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Noel Kelly, Felicity Kelliher
ABSTRACT This research explores senior tourism adaptive strategizing capabilities through the lens of micro-firm owner managers. The findings derived from 24 qualitative tourism practitioner interviews demonstrated that senior tourism engagement does not necessitate a profound strategic change of direction or extensive resource reconfiguration. However, the strategic commercialization of this cohort
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Covid-19 and its impact on venture pitching competitions in higher education: a case study Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-08-09 Douglass Smith, Jeffrey Muldoon
ABSTRACT For the last several years, many institutions of higher learning annually have conducted venture pitch competitions. The competition allows students to experience a taste of entrepreneurship. Quite often, these competitions are performed in parallel with entrepreneurship courses. During the spring of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic threat became evident, higher education, much like the rest
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An empirical study of marketing of SMEs in the tourism sector Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-08-05 Millo Yaja, Anuj Kumar
ABSTRACT In the tourism industry, products and services of destination are synonyms with branding. Marketing works as a bridge that connects the path for a successful business approach, especially for rural tourism firms. However, the nature of community tourism firms’ marketing and their various produces are understudied. The current study aimed to access and understand these gaps. A survey of 355
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Impact of intellectual capital on small-firm growth: a longitudinal study from Inc. 5000 Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Stanko Dimitrov, Brian Paul Cozzarin
ABSTRACT We explore whether intellectual capital is a precursor to Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) growth. We use data from Inc. 5000 of fast-growing SMEs in the USA and match companies to patent applications. We use a zero-inflated negative binomial model corrected for endogeneity to account for many SMEs without intellectual capital. We find the marginal benefit from intellectual capital on SME
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Increasing the digital literacy skills of regional SMEs through high-speed broadband access Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-05-26 Alison Ollerenshaw, Jennifer Corbett, Helen Thompson
ABSTRACT Universal challenges exist for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in regional and rural areas to utilize digital technologies for entrepreneurial advancement. Barriers include insufficient understanding of digital technologies and a lack of skills necessary for digital adoption. In Australia, training programs were introduced to enhance the digital uptake for the business and community sectors
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Human capabilities and firm growth; an investigation of women-owned established micro and small firms in Ireland Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-07-08 Yvonne Costin, Josephine Igoe, Antoinette Flynn, Naomi Birdthistle, Briga Hynes
ABSTRACT Firm growth has been studied extensively, yet limited attention has been devoted specifically to growth in women-owned firms. Women entrepreneurship studies to date has focused largely on the start-up rather than the growth stage. Given the dearth of research with this focus and the recognized prime role of the entrepreneur in driving firm growth, this study focuses on the specific human capabilities
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Entrepreneurial dispositions, time horizons, and context: subtleties that shape entrepreneurial intentions Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-05-24 Bi Qingqing, Jamie Collins, Nadeera Ranabahu
ABSTRACT Entrepreneurial intention is a critical concept in the ‘pre-start’ stage of new venture creation. In this study, we differentiate between entrepreneurial intentions in general and in the near future and examined the personal dispositions to entrepreneurship and contextual factors which might influence entrepreneurial intentions. We develop our research model by integrating the direct and interaction
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How Australian SMEs engage social media as digital touchpoints – a content analysis Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-06-06 Geoffrey Burston Webster, Tasadduq Imam, Catherine White
ABSTRACT The extent Australian SMEs have progressively adopted social and digital touchpoints varies across industry business sectors. A lack of study into Australian SMEs’ Local Area Marketing (LAM) and digital touchpoint online engagement presence motivates this research. We adopt a website content analysis of 78 randomly selected Australian SMEs and franchises assessing their website presence. A
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A survey of business and science students’ intentions to engage in sustainable entrepreneurship Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-05-05 Agu Godswill Agu
ABSTRACT Despite growing literature on sustainable entrepreneurship, little is known currently about students’ intentions to engage in sustainable entrepreneurship in Nigeria. Based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), this study investigates Business and Science students’ intentions to engage in sustainability-oriented micro entrepreneurship. It also explores the mediating role of education for
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Exploring the influence of digital entrepreneurship on SME digitalization and management Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-06-08 Mário Franco, Luis Godinho, Margarida Rodrigues
ABSTRACT Guided by Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this study aims to examine the influence of digital entrepreneurship on the digitalization and management of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), as well as contributing to developing this topic which is so far little developed in the scientific world. To this end, data were collected from 71 questionnaires obtained from a sample of SME managers
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Awareness and potential of the silver economy for enterprises: a European regional level study Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-05-03 Helen McGuirk, Aisling Conway Lenihan, Niamh Lenihan
ABSTRACT Europe’s population is getting older; dependency ratios are set to double by 2060. Such transformations and demographic change pose major challenges and potential benefits for the economy. Addressing the call in the literature for further research into the supply side of the silver economy, this research contributes to the understanding of enterprises’ awareness of this growing market and
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Coaching in small and medium business sectors (SMEs): a narrative systematic review Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-03-25 Lily Tsai, Jennieffer Barr
ABSTRACT Coaching is implemented in many disciplines including business. The majority of coaching studies in business have been focused on large corporates. Therefore, there is a paucity of literature targeting SMEs. This narrative systematic review aims to provide an overview of what is known about coaching in SMEs. Three electronic databases: Business Source Ultimate, Google Scholar, and ProQuest
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Challenges for entrepreneurship development in rural economies: the case of micro and small-scale enterprises in Ethiopia Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-01-28 Gumataw Kifle Abebe, Teferra Amare Gebremariam
ABSTRACT The question of why some small businesses survive and become profitable while others exit the market continues to attract attention. This study analyzes the role of the institutional environment and business formation process in entrepreneurial activity (defined by total early-stage entrepreneurial activity rate) in the context of a high populous and low institutional trust environment. We
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Factors influencing SMEs’ capital structure: a comparative analysis from Turkey Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-03-22 İhsan Delikanlı, Saim Kılıç
ABSTRACT This paper aims to analyse the factors affecting SMEs’ capital structure decisions with a comparative analysis covering SMEs of different sizes in Turkey from 2007 to 2018. According to the study results, no significant difference is observed based on firm size. Secondly, as SMEs’ assets grow and efficiency increases, their financial debt also rises. Asset growth leads to long-term debt, while
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Challenges faced by small enterprises in Bangladesh: the case of JNA Pulp paper business Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-02-16 Jashim Uddin Ahmed, Niza Talukder, Asma Ahmed, Meshbaul Hassan Chowdhury
ABSTRACT This practitioner paper presents the case of a small paper business named JNA Pulp, initiated with the vision to provide high-quality imported paper to the market. The paper discusses several hurdles faced by the company which eventually pushed the owner to contemplate shutting down the business in the first quarter of 2020. With the rise of COVID-19, it was clear that considering the stance
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Retirees from public service: the journey to small enterprise ownership Small Enterprise Research Pub Date : 2021-03-16 Simon Stephens, Clementine Hegarty
ABSTRACT This paper explores entrepreneurial activities and experiences. We do this to develop an understanding of the experiences and needs of a specific subgroup of entrepreneurs. We present insights from the silver economy based on the experiences of nine entrepreneurs who became entrepreneurs retiring from the public service. Data were collected in extended face-to-face interviews. The findings