...Ciarán Mac an Bhaird; Brian Lucey Purpose This paper aims to empirically examine the financing of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) through a financial growth lifecycle model. Design/methodology/approach Data in publicly available databases are generally unsuitable to examine...

...Jitesh Thakkar; Arun Kanda; S.G. Deshmukh Purpose This paper aims to propose a role interaction model for understanding a supply chain orientation of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach The paper defines various role players and logic for the quantification...

...Mike Simpson; Nick Taylor This paper presents a new model of the role and relevance of marketing in small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). The model was developed to explain the apparent mismatch between the need for marketing activities to sustain and grow these companies in a competitive...

...Justin Craig; Noel J. Lindsay This research furthers our understanding of the interaction between the fields of entrepreneurship and family business. It presents a framework that introduces the family dynamic to Timmons’ driving forces model of entrepreneurship. The framework highlights...

... structure Modelling In this paper, we examine the fit between firm resource profiles and strategies in small firms[1]. We argue that the quality of a firm’s strategy cannot be judged independently of the firm resources on which it is based (Barney and Zajac, 1994). This is a contingency perspective...

...Panikkos Poutziouris; Martin Binks; Alistair Bruce The development of small firms tends to follow certain growth patterns usually referred to as business growth models. This paper reports on the conceptualisation of a “problem‐based phenomenological life cycle model”, which delineates the growth...

...Erkki K. Laitinen; H. Gin Chong This paper presents a model for predicting crises in small businesses using early‐warning signals. It summarises the results of two separate studies carried out in Finland (with 72 per cent response) and the UK (26 per cent) on the decision process of corporate...

...Charlie Weir; David Laing Management buy‐outs bring about a change in status of the management team from employee to owner. According to the “agency model”, this change in status provides the financial incentives necessary to ensure that company performance will improve post‐MBO. The key financial...

... cover. These selected cases serve to illustrate the complexity and variability of small firm development which, in turn, negates the validity of pre‐start predictive modelling for this sector. The paper will proceed to argue, on the basis of the evidence, that, since the form which an organisation takes...