Visual timeline methods have been used as part of face-to-face qualitative interviewing with
vulnerable populations to uncover the intricacies of lived experiences, but little is known …

This book reflects on the myriad ways in which forms of exclusion and inclusion play out in
narratives of migration, focusing on the case of Northern Italian narratives in today's …

The various collections of language biographies starting in the 1990s have given rise to a
new field of investigation in sociolinguistics. The interest in the very individual …

Humans are prone to tell stories when they interact with each other. Knowing how many
stories we tell in a day could be a difficult endeavor, especially because what counts as “a …

The biographical approach, which is increasingly widespread in the literature and is
characterised by" a very significant degree of granularity at a qualitative level"(Franceschini …

Accessing financial capital is an essential aspect of small business survival because the
lack of funding is detrimental to the performance and sustainability of small businesses …

This chapter examines the key role that narratives have in human communication and
engagement across cultures and as fertile analytical and methodological tools. Storytelling …

Researchers have estimated that 50% of small businesses fail before reaching 5 years.
Failure to provide adequate strategies to small business owners could lead to continued …

African American women entrepreneurs have difficulty accessing financial capital to sustain
their businesses. These entrepreneurs are concerned that with little access to financial …

Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) are essential to the survival of the Bahamian
economy, but only 21% of SMEs are integrating social media into their marketing operations …