... in traditional contexts. It examines whether self-promotion, when aligned with traditional gender role expectations, enhances spousal support and thereby contributes to business growth. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was conducted with 319 female entrepreneurs in Pakistan. The data were...

...Gorah Kassim Abdallah Purpose Small businesses growth has become an important area of study in the field of entrepreneurship. This paper aims to extend the inquiry by investigating whether there is a significant difference in growth between firms from the formal sector and the informal sector...

.... Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the works on the international growth of China's SMEs published in selected peer-reviewed English-language journals vis-à-vis what has been published on Western SMEs. It does this by, first, studying the literature at both firm and industry...