...Kim Klyver Purpose This article aims to investigate the practice adopted by entrepreneurs regarding their use of consultants through the business life cycle. Design/methodology/approach A representative sample of Danish entrepreneurs was surveyed with response rates of 73 percent and 92...

... of internal staff and management skills, indicating that for large firms directors chiefly support the control role of CEOs. The importance of seeing boards, external consultants and internal management skills as substitutes is demonstrated, and is shown to have a non‐linear relation with firm size. However...

...Harry Matlay; Mark Addis This article sets out to critically evaluate the impact that higher education institution (HEI)‐based consultancy can have upon the adoption and use of e‐commerce by businesses units operating in the small business sector of the British economy. Anecdotal evidence suggests...

... which were created by a partition of large state‐owned enterprises. The various reasons for failure are discussed for both groups and compared with those described in the literature. A general model of consultancy intervention is presented and the attitudes of Polish enterprises towards change...

... in terms of the cheapest way to obtain a certificate, thereby failing to appreciate the organisational benefits which could be obtained if more resources were applied to the development of effective quality systems. The use of quality consultants is widespread as a means of implementing ISO 9000...

...’ recommendations are acted upon. Much of the specialist consultancy is provided by self‐employed persons under contract for particular projects. This paper focuses on the self‐employed consultants who undertake specialist Business Link‐supported work within SMEs. While most business Links have role and job...