Journal of Small Business Management

2001 - 2025

Current editor(s): Eric Liguori

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Volume 63, issue 4, 2025

The impact of startup subsidies on survival, growth, and stakeholder value pp. 1437-1465

Yolanda Fuertes-Callén, Beatriz Cuéllar-Fernández and Adriana Serrano-Magdalena

SME default prediction: A systematic methods evaluation pp. 1466-1517

Hamid Cheraghali and Peter Molnár

Exploring the relationship between hybrid founder social identities and entrepreneurs’ psychological resilience pp. 1518-1551

Annika Mara Aust, Marvin Aundrup, Andrea Greven and Malte Brettel

Inside-out and outside-in: How entrepreneurial ecosystems can build legitimacy through signaling pp. 1552-1593

Colin Donaldson, Jorge Villagrasa and Christina Theodoraki

Early-stage entrepreneurs’ communicative strategies in managing knowledge ambiguity pp. 1594-1622

Wei Shi

Better-prepared to face COVID-19: Organizational learning from SMEs’ experience with banking crises pp. 1623-1656

Vivien Lefebvre and Francis Osei-Tutu

Entrepreneurial alertness, international performance, and the role of effectuation in SME internationalization pp. 1657-1694

Wensong Bai, Barbara Francioni, Martin Johanson, Luis Oliveira and Milena Ratajczak-Mrozek

Small-business owners and their choice of banks: Some lessons from the banking literature and game theory in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 1695-1720

Srinivas Nippani, Jeffrey Muldoon, Derek Yonai and Diego Matricano

Eco-innovations in family SMEs: Understanding the role of financial performance satisfaction pp. 1721-1749

Phuong-Anh Nguyen Duong, Wim Voordeckers, Jolien Huybrechts, Frank Lambrechts and Anita Van Gils

The impact of managerial goal attention alignment on dynamic capabilities: Insights from Taiwanese social enterprises pp. 1750-1782

Hsing-Er Lin, Jeongho Choi and Ping-Hsun Li

Decoding evidence-based entrepreneurship: A systematic review of meta-analytic choices and reporting pp. 1783-1829

Andreas Rauch, Saadat Saeed and Michael Frese

Signaling theory in entrepreneurial fundraising and crowdfunding research pp. 1830-1855

Norbert Steigenberger, Marcel Garz and Thomas Cyron

Bouncing back to the surface: Factors determining SME recovery pp. 1856-1883

Edward I. Altman, Marco Balzano, Alessandro Giannozzi, Eric Liguori and Stjepan Srhoj

The prediction of future cash flow for UK private companies pp. 1884-1920

Siming Liu and Len Skerratt

Decoding decision-making: The interplay of cognitive processes and working capital management constraints in new ventures pp. 1921-1948

Miles M. Yang and Kehan Xu

Volume 63, issue 3, 2025

Assessing motivational factors and effectual mechanisms’ impact on developing radical innovation in small firms pp. 899-935

Morteza Sardari, Mahdi Tajeddin and Masoud Karami

Exploring the effect of institutions on entrepreneurial ecosystems: A meta–analysis pp. 936-984

Yorgos Goletsis, Konstantina Christogeorgou and Nikolaos Mylonidis

Mitigating the impact of late internationalization of emerging market SMEs: A dynamic capability perspective pp. 985-1021

Marina Dabic, Sandeep Yadav, Nicolas Huck, Jane F. Maley and Timothy Kiessling

The role of geographical distance for investment decisions in crowdinvesting pp. 1022-1062

Moritz Sefried and Kristina Uhl

Linking green marketing and SMEs performance: A psychometric meta-analysis pp. 1063-1105

Stephen Oduro and Michela Matarazzo

Business model redesign through effectual action in times of crisis pp. 1106-1142

Margarietha Johanna de Villiers Scheepers, Sarel Gronum, Stuart Cranney and Noel Tracey

From liability to asset: A receiver’s perspective on eponymy signals and market value pp. 1143-1171

Jorge Arteaga-Fonseca, Duygu Phillips, Matthew Rutherford and Kipp Krukowski

The mediating roles of financialization and vertical integration in the innovation culture and performance relationship: An examination of SME investment firms pp. 1172-1197

Grant Alexander Wilson, Jason Jogia and Eric W. Liguori

The role of flexibility, digitalization, and crisis response strategy for SMEs: Case of COVID-19 pp. 1198-1235

Eyup Kahveci, Zehra Binnur Avunduk, Tuğrul Daim and Selim Zaim

How does a subsequent entrepreneurship career choice develop? A set-theoretic analysis testing hope theory pp. 1236-1267

Étienne St-Jean, Maripier Tremblay, Rahma Chouchane and François L’Écuyer

Attracting nonfamily applicants to the family firm: A signaling theory approach pp. 1268-1296

Taewoo Kim, Michele N. Medina-Craven, Laura E. Marler, Rebecca G. Long and Mel Fugate

The new normal: The status quo of AI adoption in SMEs pp. 1297-1331

Julia Schwaeke, Anna Peters, Dominik K. Kanbach, Sascha Kraus and Paul Jones

The role of board design in small-firm crisis response pp. 1332-1364

Jonas Fasth, Niklas Åkerman, Mikael Hilmersson and Viktor Elliot

Bridging the gap: The roles of entrepreneurs’ egotism and structural hole occupancy in venture performance pp. 1365-1399

Victoria A. Yates, James M. Vardaman, Benjamin D. McLarty, Donald H. Kluemper and Jeffrey M. Pollack

How small business owners navigate stress for improved performance: Building psychological capital through peer interactions pp. 1400-1436

Andaç T. Arıkan, Juliet Osuji and Sam Ekwuribe

Volume 63, issue 2, 2025

How founding team members respond to exploration and exploitation behaviors by mimicking and switching pp. 423-462

Florian Koch, Alexander Kock and Elmar D. Konrad

The impact of explorative and exploitative collaborations on SMEs innovative performance pp. 463-494

Valentina Bucaioni, Gianluca Murgia and Josef Taalbi

Impossible is nothing: Entrepreneurship in Cuba and small firms’ business performance pp. 495-527

Julio Cerviño, Sylvie Chetty and Oscar Martín Martín

Who is willing to be rich and king? Founder-CEOs’ IPO and M&A intentions pp. 528-557

Yuji Honjo, Masatoshi Kato and Hidenori Takahashi

Formalization of annual performance feedback and employees’ job satisfaction in the SME context pp. 558-589

Christina Guenther, Sebastian Lehnen and Rainer Michael Rilke

The localness effect of family firm branding on consumer perceptions and purchase intention: An experimental approach pp. 590-619

Philipp Jaufenthaler, Andreas Kallmuenzer, Sascha Kraus and Alfredo De Massis

How micro-firms innovate: A qualitative study on the role of networks pp. 620-652

Arcangela Ricciardi, Daniele Cerrato and Fabio Antoldi

Entrepreneurs can create a better tomorrow: The relationship between entrepreneurial grit, nonfinancial success, and societal impact pp. 653-685

Marvin Kaes, Sebastian Kruse, Christoph Maus, Carolin Krieweth and Malte Brettel

Equity split evolution in entrepreneurial teams: Assessing financial contributions and human capital pp. 686-718

Rui-Li Yan and Ting Zhang

Organizational homophily of family firms: The case of family corporate venture capital pp. 719-756

Michelle Theisen, Andrew Isaak and Eva Lutz

Entrepreneur and organizational resilience: A multilevel perspective on Italian SMEs pp. 757-785

Simona Leonelli, Diego Campagnolo and Martina Gianecchini

A disaggregated view of soft skills: Entrepreneurship education systems of Africa pp. 786-818

Amon Simba, Mahdi Tajeddin, Paul Jones and Patient Rambe

Entrepreneurial competencies influence subjective well-being of subsistence entrepreneurs: Examining the mediating role of business performance pp. 819-848

Avinash Kumar, Ramendra Singh, Rajesh Gupta and Piyush Kumar Sinha

Adverse retention of family talent in intrafamily succession pp. 849-871

Jess H. Chua, James J. Chrisman and Zhenyu Wu

Avoiding critical entrepreneurial cognitive errors through linear/nonlinear thinking style balance pp. 872-898

Kevin S. Groves and Charles M. Vance

Volume 63, issue 1, 2025

Life satisfaction of family business members: The role of socioemotional wealth goals and psychological functioning pp. 1-36

Ayoosha Saleem and Chris Graves

Exploring the benefits and risks of displayed passion in entrepreneurial pitches pp. 37-69

Xianzhe Jin, Arran Caza and Zhenyu Wu

Advice seeking and mentors’ influence on entrepreneurs’ role identity and business-model change pp. 70-110

Ronit Yitshaki

He-said, she-said: A family science and gendered perspective of communication in small family businesses pp. 111-146

Kristen Madison and Kristen K. Shanine

Applying resource-based theory to social value creation: A conceptual model of contributive advantage pp. 147-169

Colleen C. Robb, Katrina M. Brownell, Malin Brännback and Stefano Rumi

Childhood trauma and entrepreneurs’ individual entrepreneurial orientation pp. 170-220

Bach Nguyen and Hai-Anh Tran

Transmission of entrepreneurial identity across generations in business families: Understanding the effect of family communications pp. 221-248

Seyyede Sharare Bagherian, Sohrab Soleimanof and Alireza Feyzbakhsh

Fostering SME‘s organizational effectiveness through strategic orientations, learning capability, and innovation pp. 249-278

Thu-Hang Le and Mai Ngoc-Khuong

The board as a guide for learning in growing SMEs pp. 279-305

Tom Liljeström, Tuuli Ikäheimonen and Timo Pihkala

A guide to becoming green: Insights from angel investors developing sustainability-specific knowledge pp. 306-336

Meike Siefkes

Exploring innovation ecosystems to facilitate the adoption of sustainable entrepreneurship: Looking beyond the Western World pp. 337-387

Dana Bakry, Tugrul Daim, Saeed Alzahrani, Marina Dabic and Birol Yesilada

Building strategic human capital resources: The effects of strategic entrepreneurship on employee recruitment and retention pp. 388-421

Arndt Schulze and Olufunmilola (Lola) Dada