... in dealing with the tensions between pressures to improve core farming practice and other entrepreneurial activity. The paper raises important implications for policy approaches that might seek to promote a complementary approach to farm technology adoption and entrepreneurial stance. The aim of this paper...

... project, which was carried out throughout 1998/1999. Fourteen innovative, technology‐based small and medium‐sized enterprises were interviewed with the aim of investigating the processes currently in place to aid in the establishment of a skilled workforce, and the extent to which future skill...

... of their training programmes and change their overall attitude towards the importance of training. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Training Small firms Skills Knowledge Technology USA Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Volume 6, Number 4 Small business training and development...