... several kinds of literature into policy and practice. Aging Retirement Main street Embeddedness Small business owner Local Policy Pandemic Exit Ecosystem Clarence: “Strange, is not it? Each person’s life touches so many other lives. When they are not around they leave an awful hole...

... and generating implications for policy to support the scaling up of micro-businesses. The review provides a renewed foundation for academic analysis of micro-business growth, highlighting how micro-businesses are distinct from larger SMEs. At present, no literature review on this topic has previously been...

...Anthony Flynn; Paul Davis Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the relationship between firms’ experience of small- and medium-size enterprise (SME)-friendly policy and their participation and success in public procurement. Design/methodology/approach – Hypothesised relationships...

...Robert Huggins; Brian Morgan; Nick Williams Purpose – Entrepreneurship is increasingly recognised as a crucial element in fostering economic development and growth, especially at the regional level. The purpose of this paper is to examine the evolution of regional enterprise policies...

... as the service providers themselves. In a number of countries where the “private sector” model is being adopted for the delivery of “public good” services, the agencies involved in designing the policies and delivering the programmes are facing considerable challenges in moving from one model to the other. ©...

...Jonathan Tucker; Jonathan Lean Examines how a finance gap for small firms might be addressed by means of government policy to support informal financing initiatives. A review of both the finance and the government policy literature provides the basis for discussing and conceptualising the financing...

... fees, was an important factor in survival. Two detailed case studies (private and mixed) are presented as generic prototypes. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Emergent strategy Policy Networking Teleworking Start‐ups ...

... was much older than Established LEDU clients and, therefore, this differential growth performance cannot be related to a simple life‐cycle explanation. The shift in LEDU policy in the 1990s towards a greater concentration of effort on firms with growth potential would appear to have been successful...

... (χr² of 11.8 s.s. at p < .01), where the North East SMEs seem to engage less in R&D activities. The results may be of some interest to the relevant R&D funding bodies. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises R&D Policy ...

... discussed and much more needs to be done to allow for a smooth transition from one family generation to another. The authors conclude by arguing that there is an urgent need for policy makers to address the problems and needs of small family firms and to develop frameworks and practices for assisting...

... influence upon the nature of the client‐PBA relationship. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Advisory services Clients Small firms Growth Policy Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Volume 6, Number 1 The nature of the client-Personal Business Advisor relationship within Business Link...