E‐business: linking available services and entrepreneurs’ needsEmerald - - 2004
Augusta C.Yrle, Sandra J.Hartman, Kenneth R.Walsh
Traditionally, entrepreneurs and small businesses have faced difficulties when
competing with entrenched firms for customers and expanding into global markets.
The World Wide Web (WWW) is one approach to overcoming obstacles by giving
organizations a direct connection to potential customers and suppliers on a
global level. However, complex technology, security, and reliability present
significant ... hiện toàn bộ
Innovation in food sector SMEsEmerald - Tập 19 Số 2 - Trang 300-321 - 2012
AnahitaBaregheh, JenniferRowley, SallySambrook, DaffydDavies
PurposeThis paper aims to present a profile of innovation in food sector SMEs in
the UK, exploring specifically the degree and types of innovation employed, and
engagement with activities that support innovation orientation, or
organisational innovativeness.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire‐based
survey was conducted to gather data from food sector SMEs in the UK. The
questionnaire design... hiện toàn bộ
Family‐member and non‐family‐member managers in family businessesEmerald - - 2009
Matthew C.Sonfield, Robert N.Lussier
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate, in a multi‐country context,
the inclusion of family‐member managers and non‐family‐member managers in family
businesses, and the relationship of this variable to certain management
activities, styles and characteristics.Design/methodology/approachThis
four‐country study involved survey research and correlational testing of nine
hypotheses. The fo... hiện toàn bộ
Social entrepreneurshipEmerald - Tập 14 Số 3 - Trang 418-434 - 2007
Eleanor Shaw, Sara Carter
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to address the emerging practice of social
entrepreneurship by exploring the historical and theoretical antecedents of
social enterprise and its contemporary practice. By exploring key theoretical
concepts, the paper draws comparisons between “for‐profit” and social
entrepreneurs. The paper seeks to discuss the contemporary practice of social
entrepreneurship. D... hiện toàn bộ
LILLIPUT LANEEmerald - Tập 2 Số 2 - Trang 93-103 - 1995
John L.Thompson
Lilliput Lane, based on the edge of the English Lake District, manufactures a
range of miniature plaster cottages which are marketed to customers throughout
the world, many of whom are committed collectors. This case study traces the
early growth of the company in the 1980s, its subsequent setbacks, a successful
turn‐around, followed by a flotation and sale in the 1990s. It focuses on the
issues o... hiện toàn bộ
Owner characteristics and health of SMEs in PakistanEmerald - - 2008
M.Khurrum S. Bhutta, Arif I.Rana, UsmanAsad
PurposeA major frustration for most policy researchers in the small to
medium‐sized enterprise (SME) area is the virtual non‐existence of scientific
data on this sector in the country. This paper aims to provide some
data.Design/methodology/approachA survey of 651 SMEs from the manufacturing
sector of Pakistan was conducted in 2003 and statistical analysis was carried
out to analyze the data. This... hiện toàn bộ