...Gabriel Delbem Bellon; Dimária Silva e Meirelles Purpose To investigate factors affecting the growth of small business through the analysis of the experience of new business streams, considering elements of diversification strategy while integrating specific entrepreneurship motivations. Design...

...Maria I. Marshall; Yoon G. Lee; Renee Wiatt Purpose We examine how socioemotional wealth (SEW) and rurality influence small-business owners' exit intentions. With over 50% of US small businesses owned by individuals over 55 and most lacking succession plans, understanding how non-financial factors...

... dominates in citations. Key journals include Small Business Economics, Journal of Business Venturing and International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research are the top journals. Motor themes include “innovation,” “entrepreneurial orientation” and “human capital,” while niche themes like...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Small business Familiness Customer loyalty Mixed-methods research Despite the abundance of studies on the subject, there is still no consensus on the definition of a “family business” (Miller et al., 2007). Several criteria...

... et al., 2025 ; Manninen et al., 2024). Table 1 Overview of methodological approaches and key contributions of digital transformation in entrepreneurial ventures Authors Review Focus on digital transformation, entrepreneurial ventures (small Businesses...

... of rural small businesses with community bank representatives. Design/methodology/approach We applied a mixed-method approach. We employed descriptive statistics, principal factor analysis and logistic regression for data analysis. We distributed an online survey to rural small businesses in five...

... re-use rights only Small and medium-sized enterprise SME Small business Business model Business model innovation Systematic literature review Bibliometric analysis Co-word occurrence Bibliographic coupling Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered a central part...

.... The review examines the broad diversity of terms and definitions used to describe these kinds of firms in scholarly and practical settings. They relate this examination to the concept of small business for the purpose of comparison, in order to highlight differences and similarities between the concepts...

... for research to go beyond stakeholder theory and for a better “bridge between small business and sustainability research”, and in Mariani et al. (2021) study that indicates the need for accessible and flexible management solutions for the development of CS in SMEs, those that effectively consider...

..., presenting it as a tool to support the expansion of the product and service portfolio and as an alternative to Research and Development strategies, which are difficult to implement in the context of small businesses. Design/methodology/approach Following the precepts of the Action Design Research (ADR...

.../value This discontinuation case suggests that non-rational reasoning plays a significant role in contemporary complex and volatile policy environments, which again points to a need for reform in this policy area. Policy programs Discontinuation Growth Small business Why are policy...

...Joe Cox; Thang Nguyen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which rewards-based crowdfunding really does provide financial support for start-ups and small businesses relative to other types of activity such as creative and cultural projects. Design/methodology...

... Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Value chain Small business Coopetition Craft brewing Nascent firms Business is often viewed as synonymous with competition. The titles of popular business books encourage us to “compete for the future” (Hamel...

... literature by synthesizing various brand-building efforts under four broader theorizations in SMEs setting. Branding Emerging market Small business Brand building small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Evidence from the small business literature suggests that growing enterprises adopt...

...William H. Murphy; Denis Leonard The purpose of this paper is to add to the current knowledge of how and why small businesses should engage in quality management (QM) by providing insights from small business owners who are committed advocates of QM. By so doing, to encourage small business...

...Jalleh Sharafizad; Alan Coetzer Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how women small business owners’ (SBOs) business start-up motivations influence their network content. Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 women SBOs who were...

..., it is necessary to create a favorable business environment. Originality/value – The paper contains novel information and insight into VC funds in two transition economies of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia. Macedonia Bosnia and Herzegovina Small business Venture capital funds Veland...

...Kristine Kuhn; Tera Galloway; Maureen Collins-Williams Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine small business owners’ informal advice-seeking from peers, with a focus on the opportunities afforded by the internet for owners to acquire assistance from other owner-managers outside...

...Nory Jones; Richard Borgman; Ebru Ulusoy Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role and economic impact that the internet, specifically websites and social media, have on small businesses. It aims to investigate the benefits available from the use of the internet and social media...

... determined by prior family business studies to be important factors with regard to family business practice. For hypothesis formulation, where the pre-test of small business experts generated a score greater than 5.0 it was predicted that “small” enterprises will be shown to be significantly higher...