Understanding the small business sector

By Oswald Jones. 2007

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The Challenge of Competitive Procurement: Value for Money Versus Small Business Support (2007, positive): “Storey (1994) has highlighted how important location is to an SME’s performance, so standardized templates across organization types would be helpful to SMEs.”
International Activities in Small Firms: Examining Factors Influencing the Internationalization and Export Growth of Small Firms (2009, methodology): “The majority of small firms suffer from severe resource constrains (Stinchcombe, 1965; Storey, 1994) and many researchers maintain that large firms are therefore more likely to compete in international markets than small firms (Bonaccorsi, 1992; Calof, 1993).”
Are good or bad borrowers discouraged from applying for loans? Evidence from US small business credit markets (2009, methodology): “Secondly, and relating to the 1 Jovanovic (1982), Storey (1994) and De Meza and Southey (1996) argue that the information advantage of borrowers is created through a learning-by-doing process.”
Managerial capabilities and paths to growth as determinants of high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises (2011, background): “First, high-growth businesses are responsible for most of the jobs created in the world economy (Bhide, 2000; Birch et al., 1994; Storey, 1994).”
Institutional context and the allocation of entrepreneurial effort (2008, methodology): “Although job creation is acknowledged as one of the key contributions that entrepreneurial activity may make to economic growth (Acs, 1998; Autio, 2005; Birch, 1987; Storey, 1994), future research should seek to examine other dimensions of growth-oriented entrepreneurship such as activities involvin”
The role of intellectual capital in the success of new ventures (2011, background): “Thus, the principal means of identifying the founder's knowledge has been to evaluate previous experience, in other words, the knowledge that he/she acquired from the activities performed prior to starting up the venture (Stuart and Abetti 1990; Storey 1994; Bosma et al. 2004; Rauch et al. 2005).”
Mixed methods studies in entrepreneurship research: Applications and contributions (2012, methodology): “In the majority of these studies, the use of a qualitative part before the quantitative one permits us to understand the specific context, the development or extension of theory (that then can be tested with the quantitative approach), identify key variables, and improve the measurement instrument o”
Factors distinguishing small firm growers and non-growers (2011, background): “(Dobbs and Hamilton, 2007; Gibb and Davies, 1990; Leitch et al., 2010; Phelps, Adams and Bessant, 2007; Storey 1994; Weinzimmer, Nystrom and Freeman, 1999).”
The interplay of human and social capital in shaping entrepreneurial performance: the case of Vietnam (2012, positive): “Storey (1994) highlights the result found in many empirical studies that the educational attainment of the entrepreneur is an important positive determinant of the growth of her/his firm.”
Beyond Red Tape and Fools: Institutional Theory in Entrepreneurship Research, 1992–2014 (2017, background): “In general, a strong link between entrepreneurship and job creation has been established (Birch, 1979; Davidsson, Lindmark, & Olofsson, 1994; Storey, 1994).”
Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-Entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries (2014, neutral): “The rest were young people starting their first job experience, ex-entrepreneurs, or founders moving in from an outside region (Vivarelli 1991; Storey 1994; Cressy 1996; Arrighetti and Vivarelli 1999; Shane 2000; Stam 2007).”
A portfolio perspective on entrepreneurship and economic development (2015, neutral): “New ventures contribute to levels of competition, create value for customers, employ people, pay taxes, and otherwise contribute to societal economic well-being (Birch 1987; Reynolds 1987; Storey 1994; Thurik and Wennekers 2004).”
Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies: The Role of Institutions and Generational Change (2010, background): “Entrepreneurs require financial resources in order to establish and run their new firms (Hurst and Lusardi, 2004), and they must either provide this from their own (or family) saving, or borrow it from financial markets (Stanworth and Gray 1991; Storey 1994; OECD 2006; Beck, Demirgüç-Kunt and Maksim”
High‐technology clustering through spin‐out and attraction: The Cambridge case (2005, neutral): “higher than the regional and national averages,(14) and they compared well with survival rates reported in other studies (S, 1992; cf. K , 1994; S, 1994).”
What really happens to small and medium-sized enterprises in a global economic recession? UK evidence on sales and job dynamics (2015, positive): “Empirical studies have found that during an economic recession, small businesses are likely to perform less well, and eventually their chance of survival will be reduced (Fotopoulos and Louri, 2000; Smallbone et al., 1999, 2012a; Storey, 1994).”
Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention levels (2005, background): “Later on, other works have been carried out remarking the importance of different characteristics such as age, gender, origin, religion, level of studies, labour experience, etc. (Reynolds et al., 1994; Storey, 1994), which are usually called “demographic” variables (Robinson et al., 1991).”
A Configurational Approach of the Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Growth of Family Firms (2010, background): “, 1998) and job creation (Birch, Haggerty, & Parsons, 1994; Storey, 1994).”
Life satisfaction and self-employment: a matching approach (2010, background): “…job satisfaction might be counterbalanced by lower satisfaction in the family domain, or social life more generally, or, as mentioned 3In addition, it has been shown that individuals in small businesses have fewer fringe benefits compared to their counterparts in large firms (Storey, 1994, Ch. 6).”