SMEs and barriers to skills development: a Scottish perspective

By T. Lange, M. Ottens, Andrea H. Taylor. 2000

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Work-related Lifelong Learning for Entrepreneurs in the Agri-food Sector (2004, background): “Possible explanations for low participation in formal learning activities are unfamiliarity (lack of awareness), indistinctiveness, financial barriers, wrong perception of critical success factors, uncertainty and lack of evidence that training works in small firms (IOO, 2000; Lange et al., 2000; Wa”
Human Resource Development in SMEs: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2016, unknown): “Benefits such as increased cost-effectiveness, quality, innovation and ability to adapt to change are cited (Beaver and Hutchings, 2005; Lange et al., 2000; Macpherson and Jayawarna, 2007), as are the ability tomeet regulatory requirements (Coetzer et al.”
Small businesses in the new creative industries: innovation as a people management challenge (2011, background): “), with variation, and degree of interplay between external and internal factors, depending, for instance, on industry or company life cycle, location, owner orientation, or competence levels ( Lange et al. , 2000”