...Cécile Chanut-Guieu; Gilles C. Guieu Purpose – Rapid growth constitutes both a theoretical and an economic issue. Thanks to a comparative study of five high growth small and medium sized enterprises located in Rhône-Alp and Provence (France), the authors propose a processual analysis of high...

...., 2005 ; Kessler and Frank, 2009), a partnership with a recognised French support network was implemented for the current study. Specifically, it consisted in a partnership with the regional Chamber of Commerce (CCI) network of Brittany (West of France). The French CCIs are public authorities located...

...Robert N. Lussier; Matthew C. Sonfield Purpose The purpose of this article is to measure and compare differences in levels of family business planning for succession in seven countries: Croatia, Egypt, France, India, Kosovo, Kuwait, and the USA. Design/methodology/approach The research...

..., have on individuals. Design/methodology/approach Existing theories that could be used to analyze the impact of nascent venture experiences on individuals are reviewed. Literature and official statements regarding the underlying objectives of different stakeholders in company creation in France...

...Alain Fayolle; Raluca Mogos Descotes; Björn Walliser Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the exploitation of export information in small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the contrasting institutional contexts of France and Romania. Design/methodology/approach The qualitative...

... of education, the culture and environment of universities or all three? © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 France Entrepreneurialism Higher education Careers Developing the entrepreneurial intention of engineering students is important for the emergence of high‐tech business...

... Business Act created in 1953 in the USA which established the Small Business Administration to “encourage and develop small business growth”, the “pacte PME” (SME agreement) was adopted in 2005 in France. This agreement is an important element of the French Government assistance deployment system targeting...

...Alain Fayolle; Michel Marchesnay Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present personal testimony of one of the early researchers on small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurship in France. Design/methodology/approach The story of a half‐century evolution is divided into five...

... values and beliefs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 France Small enterprises Entrepreneurialism Owner‐managers In many respects very small enterprises (VSEs) are, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, “an enigma wrapped in a mystery”. First, the management system of these firms...

... three years and slow born‐global that go global after this period and compare them to traditional firms that go through a gradual internationalization of more than six years. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 France Business development Small enterprises International business...

...Alain Fayolle; Jean‐Michel Degeorge; Alain Fayolle Purpose In France, there seems to be no immediate correlation between the desire to opt for an entrepreneurial career and actually starting or taking over a business. Based on this observation, the purpose of this paper is to focus...

...Tanja Kontinen; Arto Ojala Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how psychic distance affects the internationalization process, foreign market entry (FME), and entry mode choice of Finnish small and medium‐sized family enterprises (family SMEs) operating in France. Design...

... and characteristics. Design/methodology/approach This four‐country study involved survey research and correlational testing of nine hypotheses. The four countries, Croatia, France, India and the USA, provided a mixture of entrepreneurial contexts. Given limited prior research in this area, this study...

...Robert N. Lussier; Matthew C. Sonfield Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how family businesses change as they grow in size, and to compare differences between the USA and France. Design/methodology/approach The research design is survey research, statistically t...