De Gruyter Handbook of SME Entrepreneurship

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-11-221388-9
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 694 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm

Reihe: ISSN

"A small business is not a little big business."

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered the engines of worldwide economies and the main sources of job creation. Management in these companies is different from management in larger/older enterprises with their already established concepts and instruments. In view of the high importance of SMEs in emerging, developing and developed economies worldwide, the investigates the underlying mechanisms and practices of management within these companies with a focus on growth and innovation.

It argues that it is time for a dedicated theory of "SME Entrepreneurship" to emerge. Entrepreneurial thinking and behavior in SMEs must be differentiated from that of start-ups and large companies. On the other hand, it also explores the different entrepreneurship manifestations that exist within a widely heterogeneous group of SMEs.

The handbook provides a theoretical framework in which to understand, compare and contrast the complexity of SMEs in both domestic and international processes and addresses the strengths, achievements, and challenges of entrepreneurship in SMEs.

Zielgruppe

Academic scholars (researchers, teachers and students) in the fie

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dabic, Marina

Kraus, Sascha

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Kleine und Mittlere Unternehmen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensgründung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Section 1: Theories of SME Entrepreneurship Section 2: Levels of analysis (micro, meso and macro)

Policy action on national or regional level

Risk and challenges in SMEs

SMEs and regional development

Entrepreneurial ecosystems

Governance of SMEs

Innovation in SMEs

Marketing/branding in SMEs Section 3: Education

Responsible forms of entrepreneurial education

Developing responsible SME competencies

Entrepreneurial education

Ethical research questions in SME entrepreneurship Section 4: Processes in SMEs

Value chain in SMEs

Decision processes in SMEs

Digitilization of SMEs/Technology and AI in SMEs

Growth of SMEs/start-ups

Internationalization of SMEs/Entry modes

Business models in SMEs Section 5: Entrepreneurial capital of SMEs

Intellectual capital in SMEs

Professional bodies/leadership

Social capital in SMEs

Knowledge sharing/knowledge management in SMEs

Talent development in SMEs

Intellectual property in SMEs Section 6: SMEs and stakeholders

SMESs and university U-I interactions

Business angels and financial support for SMEs

Social SMEs

Ethnic groups and minorities in SMEs

Über Autor(innen)

Marina Dabic is Full Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Business at University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Croatia. She prepared a background report for OECD/EC HEinnovate for Croatia. Her papers have appeared in a wide variety of international journals, including the , the , the , , the , the , , , and many others. Prof. Dabic is Associate Editor of , Department Editor for , and Associate Editor for . She is also Member of the IEEE-TEMS Board of governors.

Sascha Kraus is Full Professor of Management at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. He holds a doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences from Klagenfurt University, Austria, a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Helsinki University of Technology and a Habilitation (Venia Docendi) from Lappeenranta University of Technology, both in Finland. Previously, he held Full Professor positions at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, the University of Liechtenstein, École Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur Paris, France, and at Durham University, United Kingdom. He also held Visiting Professor positions at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, and was EECPCL Participating Professor at Harvard University. His main research areas are strategy, internationalization, entrepreneurship and innovation. He is the author of more than 100 academic articles, his research being published in journals such as: , , , , , and . He is Associate Editor of the journals , , and editorial board member of a number of general management and entrepreneurship/small business journals.