Factors in the growth of micro-enterprises (Part 1): Developing a framework

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 366-385

  Perren, Lew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Growth; Small firms; Start ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993000250     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006691     Document Type: Review

References (73)

1. Andrews, K. R. (1980) The Concept of Corporate Strategy, Irwin, Homewood, Illinois.
2. Bell, J. (1987) Doing Your Research Project, Open University Press, Milton Keynes.
3. Birley, S. and Westhead, P. (1990) Growth and performance contrasts between types of small firms, Strategic Management Journal, 11, 535–57.
4. Blackburn, R. A., Curran, J. and Jarvis, R. (1990) ‘Small firms and local networks: some theoretical and conceptual explorations’, paper presented to the 13th Small National Firms' Policy and Research Conference.
5. Blackburn, R. A., Curran, J. and Woods, A. (1992) ‘Exploring enterprise cultures: small service sector enterprise owners and their views’, in M. Robertson, E. Chell and C. Mason (eds) Towards the Twenty-First Century: The Challenge for Small Business, Nadamal Books, Macclesfield.
6. Bolton, J. E. (1971) Small Firms — Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Small Firms, Cmnd. 4811, HMSO, London.
7. Bosworth, D. and Jacobs, C. (1989) ‘Management attitudes, behaviour, and abilities as barriers to growth’, in J. Barber, J.S. Metcalf and M. Porteous (eds) Barriers to Growth In Small Firms, Routledge, London.
8. Box, T. M., White, M. A. and Barr, S. H. (1993) ‘A contingency model of new manufacturing performance’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 18(2), 31–45.
9. Brockhaus, R. H. and Horwitz, P. S. (1986) ‘The psychology of the entrepreneur’, in D.L Sexton and R.W. Smith (eds) The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship, Ballinger, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
10. Bygrave, W. D. (1989) ‘The entrepreneurship paradigm (1): a philosophical look at its research methodology’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 14(1), 7–26.
11. Caird, S. (1990) ‘What does it mean to be enterprising’, British Journal of Management, 1(3), pp. 137–145.
12. Cambridge Small Business Research (1992) The State of British Enterprise, Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.
13. Chell, E., Haworth, J. and Brearley, S. (1991) The Entrepreneurial Personality, Routledge, London.
14. Chetty, S. (1996) ‘The case study method for research in small and medium sized firms’, International Small Business Journal, 15(57), 73–85.
15. Cohen, L. and Manion, L. (1994) Research Methods in Education, Routledge, London.
16. Covin, J. G. and Slevin, D. P. (1991) ‘A conceptual model of entrepreneurship as firm behavior’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 16(1), 7–25.
17. Covin, J. G. and Slevin, D. P. (1993) ‘A response to Zahra's critique and extension of the Covin — Slevin entrepreneurial model’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 17(4), 23–28.
18. Cragg, P. B. and King, M. (1988) ‘Organizational characteristics and small firms' performance revisited’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 13(2), 49–64.
19. Curran, J. and Burrows, R. (1993) ‘Shifting the focus: problems and approaches in studying the small enterprise in the service sector’, in R. Atkin, E. Chell and C. Mason (eds) New Directions in Small Business Research, Avery, Aldershot.
20. Davidsson, P. (1991) ‘Continued entrepreneurship: ability, need, and opportunity as determinants of small firm growth’, Journal of Business Venturing, 6, 405–429.
21. Dibb, S., Simkin, L., Pride, W. M. and Ferrell, O. C. (1994) Marketing: Concepts and Strategies, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts.
22. Easterby-Smith, M., Thorpe, R. and Lowe, A. (1991) Management Research: An Introduction, Sage, London.
23. Eisenhardt, K. M. (1989) ‘Building theories from case study research’, Academy of Management Review, 14(4), 532–150.
24. Eisenhardt, K. M. (1991) ‘Better stories and better Constructs: The case for rigour and comparative logic’, Academy of Management Review, 16(3), 620–627.
25. Fahey, L. and Narayanan, V. K. (1986) Macro-environmental Analysis For Strategic Management, West, St Paul, Minneapolis.
26. Gibb, A. A. and Davies, L. (1992) ‘Development of a growth model’, The Journal of Entrepreneurship, 1(1), 3–36.
27. Gibb, A. A. and Scott, M. G. (1985) ‘Strategic awareness, personal commitment and the process of planning in the small business’, Journal of Management Studies, 22(6), 597–632.
28. Gill, J. (1985) Factors Affecting the Survival and Growth of the Smaller Company, Gower, Aldershot.
29. Goffee, R. and Scase, R. (1995) Corporate Realities: The Dynamics of Large and Small Organisations, Routledge, London.
30. Goss, D. (1991) Small Business and Society, Routledge, London.
31. Hakim, C. (1989) ‘Identifying fast growth small firms’, Employment Gazette, January, 29–41.
32. Hassid, J. (1977) ‘Diversification and the firm's rate of growth’, Manchester School, 45, 16–28, reported in D. A. Hay and D. J. Morris (1991) Industrial Economics and Organisation: Theory and Evidence, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
33. Hofer, C. W. and Charan, R. (1984) ‘The transition to professional management: mission impossible?’, American Journal of Small Business, IX(1), 1-11.
34. Jennings, P. and Beaver, G. (1997) ‘The performance and competitive advantage of small firms: a management perspective’, International Small Business Journal, 15(2), 63–75.
35. Johannisson, B. (1986) ‘Network strategies: management of technology for entrepreneurship and change’, International Small Business Journal, 5(1), 19–30.
36. Johnson, B. R. (1990) ‘Toward a multidimensional model of entrepreneurship: the case for achievement motivation and the entrepreneur’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 14(3), 39–54.
37. Joyce, P., Woods, A., McNulty, T. and Corrigan, P. (1990) ‘Barriers to change in small businesses’, International Small Business Journal, 8(4), 49–58.
38. Keats, B. W. and Bracker, J. S. (1988) ‘Toward a theory of small firm performance: a conceptual model’, American Journal of Small Business, 12(4), 41–58.
39. Keeble, D., Walker, S. and Robson, M. (1993) New Firm Formation and Small Business Growth in the United Kingdom: Spatial and Temporal Variations and Determinants, Employment Department, Research Series No. 15, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.
40. Kimberely, J. R. and Miles Associates (1980) The Organisational Life Cycle, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.
41. Kuriloff, A. H., Hemphill, J. M. and Cloud, D. (1993) Starting and Managing the Small Business, McGraw Hill, New York.
42. Lean, J. and Chaston, I. (1995) ‘Critical influences upon the growth performance of post start-up micro businesses: evidence from Devon and Cornwall’, paper presented to the Small Business and Enterprise Development Conference.
43. Mason, C. and Harrison, R. (1994) ‘Informal venture capital in the UK’, in A. Hughes and D. J. Storey (eds) Finance and the Small Firm, Routledge, London.
44. McCelland, D. C. (1961) The Achieving Society, Van Nostrand, Princeton, New Jersey.
45. Merz, G. R., Weber, P. B. and Laetz, V. B. (1994) ‘Linking small business management with entrepreneurial growth’, Journal of Small Business Management, 32(4), 48–60.
46. Miles, M. B. and Huberman, A. M. (1994) ‘Data management and analysis methods’, in N. K. Denzin and Y. S. Lincoln (eds) Handbook of Qualitative Research, Sage, Thousand Oaks, California.
47. Moore, C. F. (1986) ‘Understanding entrepreneurial behaviour’, in J. A. Pearce II, and R. B. Robinson (eds) Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings. 46th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.
48. Naffziger, D. W., Hornsby, J. S. and Kuratko, D. F. (1994) ‘A proposed research model of entrepreneurial motivation’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 18(3), 9–42.
49. Penrose, E. T. (1959) The Theory of the Growth of The Firm, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
50. Perren L. (1996) The Development of Micro-enterprises, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Brighton.
51. Porter, M. E. (1980) Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors, Free Press, New York.
52. Ram, M. (1997) ‘Professionals at work — transition in a small service firm’, paper presented at 20th ISBA National Small Firms Policy and Research Conference, Belfast.
53. Ray, G. H. and Hutchinson, P. J. (1983) The Financing and Financial Control of Small Enterprise Development, Gower, London.
54. Reason, P. (1994) ‘Three approaches to participative inquiry’, in N. K. Denzin and Y. S. Lincoln (eds) Handbook of Qualitative Research, Sage, Thousand Oaks, California.
55. Riley, J. (1990) Getting the Most From Your Data, Technical and Educational Services Ltd, Bristol.
56. Robertson, M. (1987) ‘The great mismatch’, paper presented to the 10th National Small Firms Conference.
57. Robertson, M. (1994) ‘Strategic issues impacting on small firms: their promise, their role, their problems and vulnerability, their future and the way forward’, paper presented to the 17th National Small Firms' Policy and Research Conference.
58. Rothwell, R. and Zegveld, W. (1982) Innovation and the Small and Medium-sized Firm, Frances Pinter, London.
59. Scase, R. and Goffee, R. (1980) The Real World of the Small Business Owner, Croom Helm, London.
60. Schumpeter, J. (1934) The Theory of Economic Development, Harvard University Press, reported in A. A. Gibb and L. Davies (1992) Development of a growth model, The Journal of Entrepreneurship, 1(1), 3–36.
61. Sekaran, U. (1992) Research Methods for Business: A Skill Building Approach, Wiley, Chichester.
62. Slatter, S. (1992) Gambling on Growth: How to Manage the Small High-Tech Firm, Wiley, Chichester.
63. Small Business Research Trust (1984–1996) Small Business Research Trust: Quarterly Survey of Small Firms in Britain, Small Business Research Trust.
64. Stanworth, J. and Curran, J. (1976) ‘Growth and the small firm — an alternative view’, Journal of Management Studies, 13(2), 7 and 96–110.
65. Stanworth, J. and Curran, J. (1986) ‘Growth and the small firm’, in J. Curran, J. Stanworth and D. Watkins (eds) The Survival of the Small Firm, Volume 2, Gower, Aldershot.
66. Stanworth, J. and Gray, C. (eds) (1991) Bolton 20 years On: The Small Firm in the 1990s, Paul Chapman Publishing, London.
67. Steinhoff, D. and Burgess, J. (1993) Small Business Management Fundamentals, McGraw Hill, New York.
68. Storey, D. J. (1993) ‘Should we abandon support to start-up businesses?’ in F. Chittenden, M. Robertson and D. Watkins (eds) Small Firms Recession and Recovery, Paul Chapman Publishing, London.
69. Storey, D. J. (1994) Understanding the Small Firm Sector, Routledge, London.
70. Timmons, J. A., Smollen, L. E. and Dingee, A. L. M. (1985) New Venture Creation, Irwin, Homewood, Illinois.
71. Williamson, O. E. (1967) ‘Hierarchical control and optimum firm size’, The Journal of Political Economy, 75(2), 123–138.
72. Yin, R. K. (1993) Applications of Case Study Research, Sage, Newbury Park, California.
73. Zahra, S. A. (1993) ‘A conceptual model of entrepreneurship as firm behavior: a critique and extension’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 17(4), 5–21.