... and training of the owner/manager were found to be major determinants of family firms’ take up of EET. Originality/value This research paper makes an empirically rigorous contribution to a relatively under‐researched aspect of small family businesses operating in India. The results established that EET...

...Harry Matlay; Jing Zhang; Eleanor Hamilton Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how owner‐managers of small businesses can learn in peer networks to improve their management skills. It aims to offer a new way of understanding owner‐managers' learning as part of a social process...

...Harry Matlay; Leo Billington; Robyn Neeson; Rowena Barrett Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of workshops as a learning tool for small business owner‐managers (SBO‐Ms). It aims to concentrate on workshops delivered over 18 months from January 2007 to July 2008...

... the financial needs of owner/managers in 64 ethnic minority SMEs and a control sample of 23 non‐ethnic SMEs. Findings The results show that owner/managers of micro‐businesses have lower educational achievements as well as higher financial education needs than their counterparts in small and medium‐sized...

... of their businesses while most of them (67 per cent) named building a successful enterprise as their first priority – possibly indicating some conflict between their two main goals that could be addressed by properly designed training programmes. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Women Owner...

..., involving in‐depth, face‐to‐face interviews with 66 owner/managers of small ethnic minority businesses located in the West Midlands region of the UK. The research sample included 26 graduate entrepreneurs and 40 non‐graduate respondents. Findings Most of the SEMB owner/managers in this study exhibited...