...Paul Braidford; Ian Stone; Besrat Tesfaye Purpose The aim of this paper is to analyse support measures in the USA, Canada and Sweden aimed at encouraging women to start their own business and/or promote growth in women‐owned businesses, and in particular the role of women's business centres...

... business owners from Western Canada were surveyed to gather information. Subjects were asked about their beliefs and feelings regarding barriers to growth of their small businesses. To test the hypotheses, p < 0.05 significance level was used to accept or reject a null hypothesis. Findings...

... orientation Boundary spanning Marketing Canada Much of the product management literature highlights the monitoring of the product or service offering in an effort to understand the product‐market dynamics. This can involve the monitoring of marketing programs to determine if they conform...

... Group Publishing Limited 2010 Human resource management Communication technologies Organizational restructuring Small to medium‐sized enterprises Canada An extensive body of knowledge exists in both the academic and practitioner literature relating to firm assessment and adoption...

... that multiple jobholding is a widespread phenomenon. It is unclear, however, if this applies to forest harvesting, particularly in Eastern Canada. Entrepreneurialism Marketing strategy Small enterprises Forestry Canada As pointed out by Covin and Slevin (1991) , the external environment has...

...Isabelle Giroux Purpose The purpose of this research is to present the results of a recent interpretive study of 11 small Central Vancouver Island firms in British Columbia, Canada, which yield new interpretations of the nature of problem‐solving processes within the wider context of managerial...

... Group Publishing Limited 2009 Exports Marketing intelligence China Canada United States of America The decision to engage in export activity can be a difficult one for many manufacturers. First and foremost, information on the viability of distant markets and new customers is often...

... of manufacturing SMEs. Small to medium‐sized enterprises Customer retention Research Development Critical success factors Canada In the now global business environment, small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are being subjected to increased pressures. In the manufacturing sector in particular...