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Working Papers

2021

1. The geography of business angel investments in the UK: does local bias (still) matter?
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article The geography of business angel investments in the UK: Does local bias (still) matter?, Environment and Planning A (2021) View citations (2) (2021)

2019

2. Regional and spatial issues in the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and new ventures
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Regional and spatial issues in the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and new ventures, Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (6) (2019)

2018

3. The innovation debt penalty: cost of debt, loan default, and the effects of a public loan guarantee on high-tech firms
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article The innovation debt penalty: Cost of debt, loan default, and the effects of a public loan guarantee on high-tech firms, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier (2018) View citations (13) (2018)

2015

4. Access to finance for innovative SMEs since the financial crisis
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (208)
   See also Journal Article Access to finance for innovative SMEs since the financial crisis, Research Policy, Elsevier (2015) View citations (174) (2015)

2007

5. Performance Related Pay Coverage in the UK
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
6. Still At Work? An empirical test of competing theories of long hours culture
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
7. The Desire for Income Equality Amongst the UK Adult Population
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
8. The Role of Loan Guarantee Schemes in Alleviating Credit Rationing in the UK
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article The role of loan guarantee schemes in alleviating credit rationing in the UK, Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier (2010) View citations (59) (2010)

1995

9. Determinants of Small Business Presence in Japanese and UK Manufacturing
   Discussion Paper Series, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Do loan interest rate margins and loan fees move in the same direction and are they jointly determined?
   Finance Research Letters, 2024, 60, (C) View citations (1)
2. Does energy efficiency of UK SMEs affect their access to finance?
   Energy Economics, 2024, 129, (C) View citations (1)
3. Does inflation trigger early repayment on Covid-19 UK guaranteed loans?
   Applied Economics Letters, 2024, 31, (17), 1651-1655
4. Financing small and innovative firms during COVID-19
   Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2024, 33, (8), 1214-1241
5. Getting left behind? The localised consequences of exclusion from the credit market for UK SMEs
   Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2024, 17, (1), 181-200
6. How does a small firm end up with a more expensive loan guarantee when a cheaper and safer one was on offer? The intriguing case of two UK Covid-19 guarantee schemes
   Finance Research Letters, 2024, 67, (PB)
7. Remembering David J Storey, a pioneer of the entrepreneurship field
   Small Business Economics, 2024, 62, (1), 1-21
8. The effect of collateral on small business rationing of term loans and lines of credit
   Journal of Financial Stability, 2024, 74, (C) View citations (1)
9. When a non-gendered start-up policy delivers for female entrepreneurs: Evidence from the UK start-up loan scheme
   International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2024, 20, (2), 1089-1109

2023

10. COVID-19 lending support and regional levelling up: evidence from UK loan guarantee schemes
    Regional Studies, 2023, 57, (11), 2323-2338 View citations (1)

2022

11. Has previous loan rejection scarred firms from applying for loans during Covid-19?
    Small Business Economics, 2022, 59, (4), 1327-1350 View citations (4)
12. Organizational capabilities and SME exports: the moderating role of external funding intentions and managerial capacity
    Small Business Economics, 2022, 58, (1), 247-261 View citations (1)

2021

13. The geography of business angel investments in the UK: Does local bias (still) matter?
    Environment and Planning A, 2021, 53, (5), 1180-1200 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper The geography of business angel investments in the UK: does local bias (still) matter?, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) (2021)

2020

14. Entrepreneurial Firms: With Whom Do They Compete, and Where?
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2020, 57, (3), 559-577 View citations (3)
15. Gender and bank lending after the global financial crisis: are women entrepreneurs safer bets?
    Small Business Economics, 2020, 55, (4), 853-880 View citations (13)
16. On the critical role of freelancers in agile economies
    Small Business Economics, 2020, 55, (2), 393-398 View citations (7)
17. The price of a disadvantaged location: Regional variation in the price and supply of short-term credit to SMEs in the UK
    Journal of Small Business Management, 2020, 58, (3), 648-668 View citations (4)
18. The relationship between freelance workforce intensity, business performance and job creation
    Small Business Economics, 2020, 55, (2), 399-413 View citations (5)
19. The role of freelancers in entrepreneurship and small business
    Small Business Economics, 2020, 55, (2), 389-392 View citations (7)

2019

20. On the productive efficiency of Australian businesses: firm size and age class effects
    Small Business Economics, 2019, 53, (3), 739-752 View citations (5)
21. Regional and spatial issues in the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and new ventures
    Regional Studies, 2019, 53, (5), 617-619 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Regional and spatial issues in the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and new ventures, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2019) View citations (4) (2019)
22. Two decades of European self-employment: Is the answer to who becomes self-employed different over time and countries?
    Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2019, 12, (C) View citations (1)

2018

23. Did firm age, experience, and access to finance count? SME performance after the global financial crisis
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2018, 28, (1), 77-100 View citations (30)
24. Loan guarantee schemes in the UK: the natural experiment of the enterprise finance guarantee and the 5 year rule
    Applied Economics, 2018, 50, (20), 2210-2218 View citations (4)
25. The innovation debt penalty: Cost of debt, loan default, and the effects of a public loan guarantee on high-tech firms
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2018, 127, (C), 166-176 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper The innovation debt penalty: cost of debt, loan default, and the effects of a public loan guarantee on high-tech firms, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) View citations (10) (2018)

2017

26. Cost of capital and public loan guarantees to small firms
    Small Business Economics, 2017, 49, (2), 319-337 View citations (18)
27. Growth processes of high-growth firms as a four-dimensional chicken and egg
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2017, 26, (4), 537-554 View citations (18)
28. Non-founder human capital and the long-run growth and survival of high-tech ventures
    Technovation, 2017, 59, (C), 34-43 View citations (24)

2016

29. UK credit and discouragement during the GFC
    Small Business Economics, 2016, 47, (4), 1049-1074 View citations (29)
30. You can lead a firm to R&D but can you make it innovate? UK evidence from SMEs
    Small Business Economics, 2016, 46, (4), 565-577 View citations (30)

2015

31. Access to finance for innovative SMEs since the financial crisis
    Research Policy, 2015, 44, (2), 370-380 View citations (174)
    See also Working Paper Access to finance for innovative SMEs since the financial crisis, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2015) View citations (208) (2015)
32. Do Rural Firms Perceive Different Problems? Geography, Sorting, and Barriers to Growth in UK SMEs
    Environment and Planning C, 2015, 33, (1), 25-42 View citations (7)

2010

33. The role of loan guarantee schemes in alleviating credit rationing in the UK
    Journal of Financial Stability, 2010, 6, (1), 36-44 View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper The Role of Loan Guarantee Schemes in Alleviating Credit Rationing in the UK, MPRA Paper (2007) View citations (4) (2007)

2008

34. SMALL FIRM CEOS AND OUTSIDE DIRECTORSHIPS: TENURE, DEMONSTRATION AND SYNERGY EFFECTS*
    Manchester School, 2008, 76, (2), 160-179 View citations (2)

2007

35. Recasting the City into City‐Regions: Place Promotion, Competitiveness Benchmarking and the Quest for Urban Supremacy
    Growth and Change, 2007, 38, (1), 1-22 View citations (18)

2004

36. Job Creators
    Manchester School, 2004, 72, (5), 601-617 View citations (27)
37. The Growth -- Profit Nexus
    Small Business Economics, 2004, 22, (1), 1-9 View citations (31)

2003

38. An Evaluation of Business Start-Up Support for Young People
    National Institute Economic Review, 2003, 186, (1), 59-72 View citations (36)
    Also in National Institute Economic Review, 2003, 186, 59-72 (2003) View citations (5)
39. Is the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme Hazardous for Banks or Helpful to Small Business?
    Small Business Economics, 2003, 21, (1), 63-71 View citations (53)

2002

40. Ownership and management issues in first generation and multi-generation family firms
    Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2002, 14, (3), 247-269 View citations (18)
41. Ownership structure pre- and post-IPOs and the operating performance of JASDAQ companies
    Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2002, 10, (2), 163-181 View citations (24)
42. The extent and determination of performance related pay systems in Scandinavian countries
    Applied Economics, 2002, 34, (3), 305-316 View citations (3)

2001

43. Entrepreneurial Women and Men: Two Different Species?
    Small Business Economics, 2001, 16, (3), 167-75 View citations (85)

2000

44. Are entrepreneurs different across countries?
    Applied Economics Letters, 2000, 7, (12), 785-789 View citations (34)
45. Performance related pay in Belgium and The Netherlands
    Applied Economics Letters, 2000, 7, (10), 653-657 View citations (4)
46. The short-run performance of JASDAQ companies and venture capital involvement before and after flotation
    Venture Capital, 2000, 2, (1), 1-25 View citations (7)

1999

47. The determination of bank-small business loan premia in the UK
    Applied Economics Letters, 1999, 6, (4), 251-253 View citations (3)
48. The incidence of loan collateralization in small business lending contracts: evidence from the UK
    Applied Economics Letters, 1999, 6, (5), 291-293 View citations (17)
49. Transaction Structure in Japanese Small Business Sector
    Small Business Economics, 1999, 12, (1), 85-95

1998

50. Family Firm Research: The Need for a Methodological Rethink
    Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 1998, 23, (1), 31-56 View citations (97)
51. The Evolution of Firm Size and Employment Share Distribution in Japanese and UK Manufacturing: A Study of Small Business Presence
    Small Business Economics, 1998, 10, (3), 283-92 View citations (10)

1997

52. The Evolution of U.K. Self-Employment: A Study of Government Policy and the Role of the Macroeconomy
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1997, 65, (4), 427-42 View citations (47)

1996

53. Small firms and bank relationships: a study of cultural differences between English and Scottish banks
    Omega, 1996, 24, (1), 115-120

1995

54. Employment Change in Independent Owner-Managed High-Technology Firms in Great Britain
    Small Business Economics, 1995, 7, (2), 111-40 View citations (44)
55. Factors Influencing Take-Up Rates on the Loan Guarantee Scheme
    Small Business Economics, 1995, 7, (2), 141-52 View citations (4)
56. Initial Tests on the Sensitivity of the Parameters of the UK Loan Guarantee Scheme
    Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1995, 50, (3), 356-70 View citations (2)
57. Small Firm Lending Contracts: Do Banks Differentiate between Firms?
    Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 1995, 4, (1), 87-98 View citations (4)

Books

2007

1. The survival and growth of 'adolescent' high-tech firms in Germany and the UK, 1997-2003
   ZEW Expertises, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Chapters

2009

1. Promoting Equity Flows into Smaller Businesses
   Springer View citations (1)