... SMEs United States of America Electronic commerce Entrepreneurial orientation The significant role that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play in the US economy is well documented in the literature. As the pace of economic globalization continues to escalate, SMEs are increasingly...

... Business support Women Entrepreneurialism United States of America Canada Sweden How to provide business support to encourage entrepreneurship amongst women and/or growth in women‐owned small businesses is a subject of debate. The key questions relate to the issues surrounding gender...

... ex‐post analysis of the effect of broadband deployment on local economies. Broadband Small business Economic impact Entrepreneurship Infrastructure Small enterprises United States of America Business development Economic growth Communication technologies Small businesses play...

..., precautions were taken to ensure that the data collected was the same in each country. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Family business Family firms Succession planning Croatia Egypt France India Kosovo Kuwait United States of America Over a decade ago, analyzing...

... technology User studies Business – information technology strategic alignment Information technology use Resource‐based view Small enterprises United States of America Information technology (IT) plays an increasingly critical role in businesses large and small (Bergeron and Raymond, 1995...

... educators at both research and teaching schools were publishing more in journals in the field. This can be seen as a sign of progress and maturity of the field. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Entrepreneurialism Serials Teaching Research United States of America 1...

... of the competitive conducts of SMEs based in an old economy country and a new economy emerging market‐based firms. Christian Simoni can be contacted at: christian.simoni@unifi.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Exports Competitive strategy Economic change United States of America Italy...

... and environmental factors impacting the propensity for self‐employment in two different national contexts. Leonel Prieto can be contacted at: lprieto@tamiu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Self employed workers Social factors Entrepreneurialism United States of America Mexico...

... from conclusions raised by a similar study conducted for larger firms. Michael F. Walsh can be contacted at: michael.walsh@mail.wvu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Marketing strategy Small to medium‐sized enterprises Competitive advantage United States of America...

... generations are available to open new branches of the company. Family firms Managers Croatia France India United States of America The objective of this study was to investigate family businesses with regard to the degree to which such firms employ non‐family members as managers. How does...

... that performance measures are not necessarily correlated; thus justification of selection is critical. Jung E. Ha‐Brookshire can be contacted at: habrookshirej@missouri.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Clothing Imports Small to medium‐sized enterprises United States of America...

... of the difficulties that North American firms encounter when attempting to enter the Chinese market. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Exports Marketing intelligence China Canada United States of America These challenges are magnified in relatively new trade environments such as China...

... (Kropp and Zolin, 2005). Organizational structures Government Entrepreneurialism United States of America Business enterprise Entrepreneurial orientation is the practices, processes, and decision‐making activities employed by entrepreneurs to enter new markets and to support...

... management Electronic commerce Worldwide web United States of America Small businesses strongly support the US economy and keep productivity, creativity, and employment flowing (Twist, 2001). Census data show that Hispanic Americans own 6.9 percent of the 23 million small business firms in the USA...

... Entrepreneurialism Gender Youth United States of America In the last three decades, women have achieved significant progress in entrepreneurship and new venture creation. However, although the number of women‐owned businesses is growing in absolute terms, women‐owned firms still only account for just 28...

... situations involving risk (Tan and Thoen, 2001). Electronic commerce Privacy Trust Consumer behaviour United States of America For a number of reasons, many experts predicted that the growing popularity of the internet would be accompanied by a similar growth in the number of small...

... of Metropolitan Statistical Area, three dummies representing the region where sample venture headquarters, and two binary variables indicating the market concentration. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Virtual banking Loans Small enterprises United States of America Behaviour...

.... Ronald G. Cook can be contacted at: cookr@rider.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Gender Business planning United States of America Microenterprises are commonly described as businesses with limited capital, few or no employees, and limited role in the market (Tezler, 1992...

...). George Solomon can be contacted at: gsolomon@gwu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Entrepreneurialism Education Surveys Business schools United States of America Scholars and researchers in entrepreneurship education in the United States have reported that small business...

... Americans and concluded that “nation” has a greater impact on entrepreneurship than “culture.” Family firms Business development United States of America France In almost all countries, families are central to the ownership and management of the majority of businesses (Dennis, 2002...