Small Enterprise Research
• Official membership journal of SEAANZ
• Asia Pacific entrepreneurship orientation
• Balanced international editorial board
• Established 1992 - now in its 18th volume
• Practitioner, analytical and theoretical insights
ISSN 1321-5906 2 issues per year
Now published by eContent Management P/L in collaboration with the Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand (SEAANZ).
Editor in Chief
Dr Kate Lewis
Department of Management, New Zealand Small and Medium Enterprise Research Centre, Massey University, New Zealand
Associate Editor
Professor Beth Walker
School of Management, Small and Medium Enterprise Research Centre, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
Consulting Editor
Professor Brian Gibson
TOP Education Institute, Sydney Conjoint Professor, Newcastle Business School, The University of Newcastle
Small Enterprise Research (ISSN 1321-5906) continues its tradition as a forum supporting the objectives of SEAANZ including the development of scholarship, education and research in respect of small enterprise.
Focus areas for research to be published in the journal include:
At a general level:
- The management of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) including entrepreneurial firms
- The growth and sustainability of SMEs and entrepreneurial firms
- The contribution of SMEs and entrepreneurial firms to regional and national economies
- The roles, attributes and characteristics of the individuals who start up and run SMEs
At a more specific level:
- Managing new business start-ups, growth and succession
- Family firm issues
- Home based enterprises
- Strategy, governance, planning, learning and leadership in privately owned firms
- Financial management of small enterprise
- Human resource management in small enterprises
- Studies with a regional or indigenous focus
- Emerging and developed economies
- Enterprise policy in respect to SMEs
- Education and training outcomes
- Studies of SME owner-managers from the perspective of age, gender, or ethnicity
- Contemporary issues in the SME context (e.g. sustainability and environmental management)
Small Enterprise Research features:
* theoretical and empirical papers
* case studies
* literature reviews
* book reviews
* research notes
The geographic scope of Small Enterprise Research is global although submissions focused on the Asia-Pacific region are particularly encouraged. Consistent with the scholarship development role of SEAANZ we also encourage submissions from early career researchers and research students.
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