...Seyedeh Elahe Adel Rastkhiz; Ali Mobini Dehkordi; Jahangir Yadollahi Farsi; Adel Azar Purpose In order to answer which opportunities are better to pursue, the purpose of this paper is to propose and empirically test a decision-making model for evaluating and selecting entrepreneurial opportunities...

... the entrepreneurship policy field as the evidence base for decision making improves or is it likely to remain a significant element? Several observations suggest that the underlying rationality assumption in the entrepreneurship policy literature is questionable. The entrepreneurship field is not a simple...

... is a determining factor in the effectiveness of IM. Originality/value – This study seeks to extend prior research which alludes to the fact that the decision-making capabilities of firms can be substantially enhanced through the exploitation of BI capabilities among SMES, which traditionally have...

... that owner‐managers in their survey of 200 small firms in the West Midlands did not use financial management techniques very effectively. Yet, these techniques are those designed for large companies and consequently the process of financial management and associated decision‐making in small firms remains...

... and markets. Terry Mughan can be contacted at: t.mughan@anglia.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 International business Small to medium‐sized enterprises Decision making Language Training United Kingdom This article aims to explore the implications of a study...

...Elke Pioch; John Byrom The importance of location to retail organisations has long been recognised in the geography and retail marketing literatures, with subjective and “gut feel” methods of evaluation emerging as highly significant factors in the decision‐making process. Through the application...

... is designed as an investigation of the role of planning, changes in decision‐making speed, and change management. It reports the results of an analysis of survey data collected from 267 SMEs in London. While not every SME aspires to grow, we will show that the use of planning to bring about change...

... management in small firms. Despite the increased attention paid to owner‐managers in the small firms sector, we know comparatively little about the process of financial management and how small firms learn and adjust strategy and decision‐making in this area. In this paper, we attempt to shed some light...