This paper examines the relationships between firm age and entrepreneurs experience on
SME performance after the 2008/09 global financial crisis. We find that in general the crisis …

In this book, three leading scholars have integrated some of their most important research in
order to answer these questions on firm growth. The result is a volume that builds on studies …

Prior studies have defined high-growth firms (HGFs) in terms of growth in firm employment or
firm sales, and primarily analyzed their contribution to overall employment growth. In this …

Attempts to consider how a founder has reduced equivocality in relation to support networks
and reducing risks, especially in an international environment. Presents the case studies of …

This paper examines how changes to the institutional environment in a crisis-hit economy
impact on entrepreneurial activity. Through a case study of Greece, the paper demonstrates …

This paper focuses on the negotiation of identity in case studies of four women undergoing
career change in the UK. The triple nexus between identity as a reflexive journey …

This paper presents findings from a pilot study of four African entrepreneurs new to
established, all who started their business as young people. Their narratives, enhanced by …

This paper focuses on factors affecting the growth and performance of small and medium
enterprises (SMEs). The aim was to identify strategic factors differentiating two types of …

We argue that the benefits provided by locations inside science and technology parks
evolve over time. Firms inside parks can improve performance due to certain advantages …

This article describes an original typology of enterprise development narratives that
emerged from a study of the motivation, risk-taking and self-identity of nascent ICT …