International Small Business Journal back issues from October 2004:
The selection and control of management consultants by small business clients.
Oct 01, 2004; ... Using the evidence of a large-scale survey of consultant assignments, selection is shown to depend chiefly on repeat business and referral from third parties. Traditional advertising and mailshots account for only 11% of selection, with the Internet and websites so far accounting for less ...
Links between the linguistic ability and international experience of export managers and their export marketing intelligence behaviour.
Oct 01, 2004; ... This article presents the results of qualitative and quantitative investigations into the international background and language skills of export managers in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and their export marketing intelligence behaviour. In doing so, it attempts to shed light ...
'See you next week'? A study of entrapment in a small business.
Oct 01, 2004; ... This article explores the relevance of the notion of entrapment in explaining the decline of small businesses. Entrapment refers to situations where individuals become bound to a suboptimal course of action through the passage of time. The vehicle for this exploration is a dilapidated ...
Targeted consultancy services as an instrument for the development of remote SMEs: a Brazilian case.(small and medium-sized enterprises )
Oct 01, 2004; ... This article claims that traditional supply of public support programmes for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in remote locations fails to achieve its objective: it is not met by 'hidden' demand. An experiment was conducted in SMEs that did not use available consultancy programmes ...
Mike Wright, Harry J. Sapienza and Lowell W. Busenitz (eds) Venture Capital.(Book Review)
Oct 01, 2004; ... Mike Wright, Harry J. Sapienza and Lowell W. Busenitz (eds) Venture Capital, 3 Volumes. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003. 1560 pp. (xlvi + 437 pp., viii + 484 pp., x + 554 pp.). ISBN 1-84376-247-1, Price 395.00 [pounds sterling] (hbk). This is the latest in a series of Reference ...
John E. Butler (ed.) New Perspectives on Women Entrepreneurs (Research in Entrepreneurship and Management).(Book Review)
Oct 01, 2004; ... John E. Butler (ed.) New Perspectives on Women Entrepreneurs (Research in Entrepreneurship and Management). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2003. 279 pp. ISBN 1-931576-78-5, 43.95 [pounds sterling] (hbk). Although the study of women entrepreneurs and business owners ...
M. Svetlicic and M. Rojec (eds) Facilitating Transition by Internationalisation: Outward Direct Investment from Central European Economies in Transition.(Book Review)
Oct 01, 2004; ... M. Svetlicic and M. Rojec (eds) Facilitating Transition by Internationalisation: Outward Direct Investment from Central European Economies in Transition. Aldershot, UK and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2003. 310 pp. ISBN 0-7546-3133-8, 49.95 [pounds sterling] (hbk). This book ...
H. Etemad and R. Wright (eds) Globalization and Entrepreneurship: Policy and Strategy Perspectives.(Book Review)
Oct 01, 2004; ... H. Etemad and R. Wright (eds) Globalization and Entrepreneurship: Policy and Strategy Perspectives. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2003. 251 pp. ISBN 1-84376-024-X, 65 [pounds sterling] (hbk). As the title suggests, the book is positioned at the intersection of globalization and ...