The literature examining university spin-offs is expanding rapidly. While most studies have
examined the antecedents of spin-off creation at universities, the impact of spin-offs …

Purpose Micro-businesses account for a large majority of small and medium enterprises
(SMEs). However, they remain comparatively under-researched. The purpose of this paper …

Entrepreneurship theory has largely been developed and tested using symmetrical
correlational methods, effectively describing the sample-average respondent and …

As the circular economy (CE) concept gains growing popularity among consumers and
producers, small‐and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) increasingly look for ways to …

There are two competing hypotheses explaining how innovativeness influences the survival
of startups: On the one hand, innovativeness is argued to foster survival-enhancing …

Despite an almost universally accepted belief outside academia that entrepreneurial activity
is a positive driving force in the economy, the accumulated evidence remains largely …

This article uses UK data to consider how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) 1
coped during the recent financial crisis. This is important, as SMEs are major contributors to …

Promoting high growth firms (HGFs) has become a strong fixation within enterprise policy.
This is a debate article seeking to examine and challenge the mythology perpetuated by …

Despite a growing body of research on firm survival, little is known about the factors
impacting upon survival rates at a micro-spatial level. This study, therefore, analyses firm …

This survey paper synthesizes theory and evidence on processes of firm-level aging. We
discuss why anthropomorphic analogies are not helpful for understanding firm aging …