...) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) was used to analyse 402 valid samples with statistical significance. Findings The PLS-SEM results show that absorptive capacity, innovation culture and coercive pressure positively influence small enterprises’ sustainability orientation...

... them from transformational entrepreneurs. Small enterprises Latin America Competitive advantage Satisfaction level Subsistence © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only 28 06 2017 08 11 2017 07 01 2018 Carlos M...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Social responsibility Small enterprises Entrepreneurship Small firms Qualitative research Grounded theory Davies (2007) proposed a typology of for profit fair trade firms, including “fair trade branders” – mainstream firms offering a fair trade...

... and entrepreneurial behaviour in small enterprises and creative industries. Artists can benefit from the knowledge to build strategic networks to secure future work. Social implications – Educators can use this information to prepare aspiring artists to create more independent and/or interdependent...

... provides the first empirical evidence on the effectiveness of collateral-interest pairs as a self-selection mechanism. Self-selection Small enterprises Overconfidence Finance Screening Credit rationing The current collapse of credit markets has left small and medium enterprises (SMEs...

... to introduce a market economy nation‐wide several years' later. The small businesses and microenterprises have developed the small fishing village of SSEZ into a modern city comparable to Hong Kong in a matter of 30 years. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Microenterprises Small enterprises...

..., the definition of the Family Business Firms Institute [2] was considered; this definition establishes four requirements: Work‐life balance Ownership structure Manager attitudes Small business Corporate ownership Managers Small enterprises The business environment has changed enormously...

... that not all small businesses are equipped with these capabilities, nor are all managers necessarily predisposed towards them. Ian Chaston can be contacted at: ichaston@pucp.edu.pe © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Creative thinking Economic development Small enterprises Training...

... and the number of businesses in the UK. Paul Lewis Reynolds can be contacted at: p.l.reynolds@hud.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Bayesian statistical decision theory Sales forecasting Decision making Small enterprises Statistics In the UK as a whole, SMEs account...

... Publishing Limited 2007 Corporate strategy Small enterprises Retailers Business performance United Kingdom At the beginning of the twenty‐first century the challenges facing small retail businesses in the UK have never been so daunting. The increased threat of the powerful multiple...

... capacity of either the adviser or the SME. John Day can be contacted at: J.Day@hud.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Entrepreneurs Small enterprises Medium‐sized enterprises Commercial banks Whilst Blackburn et al. (1991) had noted that over the previous...

... (Fullerton, 1988). Ian Fillis can be contacted at: i.r.fillis@stir.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Methodology Entrepreneurialism Small enterprises There has been developing research interest in the link between entrepreneurship and small business since the start...

... Limited 2005 Management history Literature Entrepreneurialism Small enterprises Performance management If the name Daniel Defoe is recognized today, it is usually as the author of the early eighteenth‐century novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. Although a few...