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Journal of Small
Business Management Contents of current issues: October 2005 - Roles of Social Capital in Venture Creation: Key Dimensions and Reserarch Implications - Liao and Welsch. - The Role of Systematic International Market Selection on Small Firms' Export Performance - Brouthers and Nakos. - An Empirical Investigation of the Growth Cycle Theory of Small Firm Financing - Gregory, Rutherford, Oswald, and Gardiner. - Decisions, Actions, and Performance: Do Novice, Serial, and Portfolio Entrepreneurs Differ? - Westhead, Ucbasaran, and Wright. - The Effect of Management Policies on Plant-Level Productivity: A Longitudinal Study of Three U.S. and Mexican Small Businesses - Galbraith and Nkwenti-Zamcho. - Uncovering Barriers to Complex Incremental Product Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Financial Services Firms - Vermeulen. - Entrepreneurial Values and the Ethnic Enterprise: An Examination of Six Subcultures - Morris and Schindehutte. - Planning and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprise Operators in a Country in Transition - Yusuf and Saffu. - Precautionary Actions within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - de Kok. APEC SME Business Forum 2005 The Republic of Korea is the APEC host nation for 2005 and will be hosting the APEC SME Business Forum in Daegu, Korea during 28-31 August. Registration and contact details are provided on-line at: http://www.2005apecsme.org/bizforum New Publication On Australian Small Business The AMP Natsem Income and Wealth Report 11 - There's No Business like Small Business by Shih-Foong Chin, Simon Kelly and Ann Harding. Contains analysis of age, gender and nationality profiles; operating hours; personal wealth and income. Now available at: http://www.natsem.canberra.edu.au/publication.jsp?titleID=OP0503 One-Stop Shop For Government Transactions The Australian Government has recently launched Transaction Manager, a function which allows firms online to conduct transactions administered by all levels of government. It enables users to group and complete a series of individual transactions, save a profile to automatically pre-fill some online forms, and keep on-line records of transactions and forms. Transactions include registration for an ABN, applying for permits and licenses, and paying local government rates. www.business.gov.au Entrepreneurship Indicators at the OECD The Statistics Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has recently launched a project to develop internationally-comparable key indicators on entrepreneurship. The OECD is also working to develop common concepts and definitions. For more information, contact Erica Matthews, Entrepreneurship Indicators Project, OECD Statistics Directorate erica.matthews@oecd.org Regulation Reduction Incentive Fund The Australian Government is currently calling for applications in the above program, which is designed to encourage local government to review red tape and compliance burdens for small firms, especially home-based ones. Applications close 31st August. More details: www.ausindustry.gov.au Journal of Small
Business Management Contents of current issues: July 2005 - Entrepreneurs or Investors: Do Multi-unit Franchisees Have Different Philosophical Orientations - Grünhagen and Mittelstaedt. - The Initial Public Offerings of Restaurant Firms: The Case of Industry-Specific Micromarket Capitalisation Offerings - Dalbor and Sullivan - Customer Relationship Management: A Comparative Analysis of Family and Nonfamily Business Practices - Cooper, Upton, and Seaman - Identifying Performance Measures of Small Ventures: The Case of the Tourism Industry - Haber and Reichel - Strategic Orientation, Management Characteristics, and Performance: A Study of Spanish SMEs - Aragón-Sánchez and Sánchez-Marin - The Implementation and Impact of ISO 9000 among Small Manufacturing Enterprises. - Briscoe, Fawcett, and Todd - Financial Challenges Facing Urban SMEs under Financial Sector Liberalisation in Ghana - Tagoe, Nyarko, and Anuwa-Amarh 2005 Conference The 18th annual conference will be held 25-28 September in Armidale, New South Wales. A doctoral colloquium has now also been organised. More information is available from: www.seaanz2005.org New ICSB President and Board Australia's Colin
Dunn has been elected President of the International Council for Small
Business (ICSB) for 2005/2006. For those not familiar with Colin, he has
been involved with SEAANZ for many years in different roles and responsibilities,
including President for a few years. Journal of Small
Business Management Contents of current issues: April 2005 - The Effect of a Market Orientation on Business Perfromance: A Study of Small-Sized Service Retailers Using MARKOR Scale - Kara, Spillan and DeShields, Jr. - The Impact of Interactivity and Design Sophistication on the Performance of Commercial Websites for Small Businesses - Augur - Promoting Small and Medium Enterprises with a Clustering Approach: A Policy Experience from Indonesia - Tambunan - Current Operational Practices of U.S. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Europe - Prater and Ghosh - Influences on Strategic Planning Processes amoung Irish SMEs - Gibbons and O'Connor - Leadership Personality
and Firm Culture during Hereditary Transitions in Family Firms: Model
Development and Empirical Investigation - Stavrou, Kleanthous, and
Anastasiou October 2004 - Determinants of Venture Performance in Singapore - Wang and Ang - Who Done It?: Attributions by Entrepreneurs and Experts of the Factors that Cause and Impede Small Business Success - Rogoff, Lee and Suh - The Cultural Paradigm of the Smaller Firm - Haugh and McKee - Further Evidence on the Role of Gender in Financial Performance - Collins-Dodd, Gordon and Smart - A Comparison of the Critical Success Factors for Effective Operation of University Business Incubators in the United States and Korea - Lee anf Osteryoung - Capital Budgeting
Practices: A Survey on the Firms in Cyprus - Lazaridis
Small Enterprise
Research Contents of current issues: Volume 12, Number 2 - 2004 Papers - Small Business Success Factors in Regional Queensland - Karen Ness - Participation of Female Family Mmebers in New Zealand Family Businesses - Heather Nunns and Alan Cameron - The Need for Entrepreneurial Development: A review of the Indian IT Industry- Rajeev Kamineni - Patterns of Co-operative Marketing in Australian Organisations - Sonia Dickinson and B. Ramaseshan - Small Business Success FActors in Regional Queensland - Karen Ness Research Action Forum - Developing a Survey Instruemnt to Measure Client Satisfaction with SME Advisors - Michael Schaper and Hendra Selamat Research Note - Quasi-Debt and Quasi Entity in the Financial Statements of Small Firms - Brian Gibson, Philip McLelland and Gregory Phillip |