This article incorporates the results of extensive review of earlier research carried out by the
authors in the area of Facilitators, Barriers and Gateways to Entrepreneurship …

The paper investigated the obstacles to the growth of new SMEs in South Africa using the
principal component approach. New SMEs are seen as a significant component of the …

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the key issues surrounding
entrepreneurship development in transition countries focusing on six main themes. Though …

Purpose–This paper seeks to examine the impact of firms' technological capability and other
firm and environmental characteristics on the growth of small and medium‐sized enterprises …

Building on institutional theory and on existing literature regarding barriers to private
businesses in transition countries, this paper examines the inter-related effect of nineteen …

The economy of the 20th and 21st century has a different set of rules than Smith's economy
of the 19th century. The new ideology of neo-liberalism and globalization emphasizes the …

This study investigates the barriers to growth of small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
in Kosova. It is based on a SME survey conducted by Riinvest Institute at the end of 2002 …

A perennial question for management scholars, economists and policy makers alike is why
businesses do or do not grow. One way of explaining why so many businesses do not grow …

The role of formal and informal institutions is crucial in forming growth aspirations. Firms use
their resources and personal network, trusting to overcome or compensate for inadequate …

We measure the impact of the bank credit disbursement on Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSME) growth, incorporating the role of regional governors' characteristics in …