SME Policy Support in Britain since the 1990s: What have We Learnt?

By R. Bennett. 2008

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Subfields: Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Political Science and International Relations

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Shining a spotlight on small rural businesses: How does their performance compare with urban? (2019, background): “Supporting Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is a key element of economic development and growth policies in most countries (Bennett, 2008; Mole et al., 2011; Lee and Cowling, 2015).”
ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND GROWTH ORIENTED ENTREPRENEURSHIP (2014, background): “The key forms of support are typically information and advice for new entrepreneurs (Bennett, 2008; 2012).”
The ineffectiveness of entrepreneurship policy: is policy formulation to blame? (2014, background): “Prior research has described the different enterprise policies that support the SME sector (Lundstrom and Stevenson 2005), explained why such policies are important (Bennett 2008) and evaluated their impact (Storey 2000; Curran and Storey 2002; Greene 2009).”
Researching small firms and entrepreneurship: Past, present and future (2009, unknown): “This connectivity has continued, certainly at the level of commissioning of specific supra-national and national research projects and evaluations, together with a plethora of more localized projects from regional agencies, Business Links and other quasi-government bodies (Bennett 2008).”
Myth-busting and entrepreneurship policy: the case of high growth firms (2017, background): “While business advisory services for start-ups are a commonly accepted part of the enterprise policy landscape (Bennett 2008), perhaps similar services could be provided for entrepreneurs seeking to undertake MBOs, MBIs or even an acquisition.”
Government support for SME innovations in the regional industries: The case of government financial support program in South Korea (2014, background): “…even though huge amounts of ublic funds have been invested in promoting regional industries. aking successful governmental intervention effective at realistic osts–benefit ratios (Bennett, 2008) – is difficult, it is needed to valuate government SME programs for the design of future SME rograms.”