All Outputs (9)

The Performance of Entrepreneurial Ventures: Examining the Role of Marketing Practices (2014)
Journal Article

Purpose – Despite the importance of marketing to the success of entrepreneurial ventures very few researchers have studied the links with new business performance. The purpose of this paper is to examine a number of marketing practices in relation to... Read More about The Performance of Entrepreneurial Ventures: Examining the Role of Marketing Practices.

Marketing and Entrepreneurship: An integrated view from the entrepreneur's perspective (2013)
Journal Article

This article explores the role and significance of marketing in the entrepreneurial process.Utilising an 11-year longitudinal study, supported by a context-rich interpretive approach, the interrelationship between marketing and entrepreneurship at di... Read More about Marketing and Entrepreneurship: An integrated view from the entrepreneur's perspective.

Delivery, student engagement and the implementation of good practice in entrepreneurship education Learning from the UK's New Entrepreneur Scholarship Initiative (2010)
Journal Article

This paper presents and discusses the results of a research-informed teaching project carried out to identify key factors in the content and delivery of a successful UK government initiative, the New Entrepreneur Scholarship (NES), from 2001 to 2008.... Read More about Delivery, student engagement and the implementation of good practice in entrepreneurship education Learning from the UK's New Entrepreneur Scholarship Initiative.

Funding Gap, What Funding Gap? Financial Bootstrapping: Supply, Demand and Creation of Entrepreneurial Finance (2010)
Journal Article

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to make sense of the “funding gap” by exploring how and why informal entrepreneurial finance is made available to entrepreneurs. By challenging the epistemological and ontological assumptions of the “funding gap”, a... Read More about Funding Gap, What Funding Gap? Financial Bootstrapping: Supply, Demand and Creation of Entrepreneurial Finance.

Gender and Entrepreneurial Capital: Implications for Firm Performance (2009)
Journal Article

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the interplay between gender, entrepreneurial capital and firm performance. Using matched sample data, the paper considers how gender shapes the possession of entrepreneurial capital and discusses the... Read More about Gender and Entrepreneurial Capital: Implications for Firm Performance.

The Role of Entrepreneurial Capital in Building Service Reputation (2008)
Journal Article

This paper uses theories of capital to discuss the impact of non-financial capital on small service firm reputation and performance. As the success of service firms is predicated on the ability to develop relationships and build reputation with key s... Read More about The Role of Entrepreneurial Capital in Building Service Reputation.

Bank Loan Officers’ Perceptions of Business Owners: the role of gender (2007)
Journal Article

There is a widely held belief that banks may be discriminating against female business owners. This study was designed to explore the perceptions held by bank loan officers of male and female business owners, using Bourdieu's theory of practice and K... Read More about Bank Loan Officers’ Perceptions of Business Owners: the role of gender.

Gender, Entrepreneurship and Bank Lending: The Criteria and Processes Used by Bank Loan Officers in Assessing Applications (2007)
Journal Article

Previous research provides unequivocal evidence that women-owned businesses start with both lower levels of overall capitalization and lower ratios of debt finance. Structural dissimilarities between male-owned and female-owned businesses explain mos... Read More about Gender, Entrepreneurship and Bank Lending: The Criteria and Processes Used by Bank Loan Officers in Assessing Applications.

Taking Stock of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Research (2006)
Journal Article

Purpose – To map and evaluate current research and policy evidence from a major conference against the seven strategic themes published in the UK's Small Business Service policy document; draw conclusions concerning the research underpinning; and pro... Read More about Taking Stock of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Research.