...Leyla A. Gamidullaeva; Sergey M. Vasin; Nicholas Wise Purpose A neo-institutional methodology defines the entrepreneurial environment for SMEs as a multidimensional set of interacting formal/informal institutions influencing regional economic growth. Acknowledging the multidimensional nature...

... ex‐post analysis of the effect of broadband deployment on local economies. Broadband Small business Economic impact Entrepreneurship Infrastructure Small enterprises United States of America Business development Economic growth Communication technologies Small businesses play...

...) and developing countries. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides an in‐depth and extensive review of the existing literature on entrepreneurship and economic growth in cities. In most empirical studies, the growth rate of employment or unemployment rate is used as the dependent variable to analyze...

...Harry Matlay © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Economic growth SMEs Agglomeration Process innovation Entrepreneurship Article Type: Bookshelf From: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Volume 15, Issue 3 Edited by Josep Maria Arauzo...

... e‐commerce development. Electronic commerce Surveys Small enterprises Sweden Communication technologies Economic growth Small businesses are an important growth engine in the global economy. Among most European countries, small businesses account for a major proportion of employment...

... This research provides a critical evaluation of entrepreneurial activities and the obstacles that entrepreneurs encounter while operating in the Albanian economy in transition. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Entrepreneurialism Small to medium‐sized enterprises Economic growth Albania...

...Paul Plummer; Michael Taylor The aim of this paper is to engage with the translation and linking of the “scientific knowledge” of theory on local economic growth with the “practical knowledge” of, on the one hand, local economic policy formulation and, on the other hand, entrepreneurship...

... businesses involved the widely held stereotype of business owners as “white, middle class, males”, cultural differences, a shortage of premises for new businesses and the lack of appropriate childcare. Women Small firms Barriers Economic growth Change United Kingdom From the early 1990s...