Objectives: This paper uses longitudinal data from businesses participating in an SME support programme since 2010 to assess the impact of leadership experience and quality on business growth.Prior Work: Penrose identified the importance of managerial resources and their performance to how firms grow over 50 years ago. Yet, SME growth literature is criticised for eclecticism and a failure to focus on “how” (McKelvie and Wiklund 2010). Recent work identifies the contribution of management practice, as well as leadership human and social capital, cognitive traits and motivations.Approach: A quantitative approach is adopted, using longitudinal data on 270 SME owners across manufacturing and services. A “black box” economic model of firm techno...
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the SME economy in the Greater Birmingham and Solihull ...
Why is it that some small firms perform well and grow while others do not? Does entrepreneurship pla...
The strategies adopted by small and medium ,sized enterprises (SMEs) are the basic factors that dete...
Objectives: This paper uses longitudinal data from businesses participating in an SME support progra...
Leadership quality has been proposed as an important explanation for differences in the productivity...
In order to understand the importance of leadership to the growth of small and medium enterprises (S...
Apart from starting, growing and/or sustaining a business, owner-managers in small firms have the re...
Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to grow and innovate has been an important prio...
Every science has three pillars: to write, to analyze the phenomena and to use the acquired knowledg...
The purpose of this qualitative multi-case study was to evaluate SME leaders’ leadership styles and ...
It is broadly accepted that manufacturing Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role...
This study explores the leadership and innovation practices of growth and high growth Small to Mediu...
Objectives: This paper investigates potential antecedents of entrepreneurial success using data draw...
This study investigates the growth and non-growth of small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) over ...
International audienceThe question of SME growth has been a concern of scholars, managers, practitio...
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the SME economy in the Greater Birmingham and Solihull ...
Why is it that some small firms perform well and grow while others do not? Does entrepreneurship pla...
The strategies adopted by small and medium ,sized enterprises (SMEs) are the basic factors that dete...
Objectives: This paper uses longitudinal data from businesses participating in an SME support progra...
Leadership quality has been proposed as an important explanation for differences in the productivity...
In order to understand the importance of leadership to the growth of small and medium enterprises (S...
Apart from starting, growing and/or sustaining a business, owner-managers in small firms have the re...
Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to grow and innovate has been an important prio...
Every science has three pillars: to write, to analyze the phenomena and to use the acquired knowledg...
The purpose of this qualitative multi-case study was to evaluate SME leaders’ leadership styles and ...
It is broadly accepted that manufacturing Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role...
This study explores the leadership and innovation practices of growth and high growth Small to Mediu...
Objectives: This paper investigates potential antecedents of entrepreneurial success using data draw...
This study investigates the growth and non-growth of small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) over ...
International audienceThe question of SME growth has been a concern of scholars, managers, practitio...
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the SME economy in the Greater Birmingham and Solihull ...
Why is it that some small firms perform well and grow while others do not? Does entrepreneurship pla...
The strategies adopted by small and medium ,sized enterprises (SMEs) are the basic factors that dete...