Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship is included in the following ranking indexes:
The Chartered ABS Academic Journal Guide (Chartered Association of Business Schools, UK)
FNEGE (Foundation Nationale pour l'Enseignement de la Gestion des Entreprises, France)
ABDC Master Journal List (Australian Business Deans Council, Australia)
Excellence in Research for Australia (Australia Research Council, Australia)
Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship is a double-blind reviewed and scholarly Journal dedicated to publishing in English and French original and outstanding studies that improve knowledge and understanding of entrepreneurship and small business management and, eventually, shape these fields of research.
Scope
- Starting, buying and selling an SME
- Financing, funding, banking, venture capital, audit and accounting in SMEs
- Entrepreneur characteristics, leadership and work-life balance
- Identification of business opportunities, business incubators and mentorship
- Support services to entrepreneurship and SMEs
B. Functional management and growth of an SME
- Sales and marketing in SMEs
- Human resource management in SMEs
- Operation management in SMEs
- Innovation, knowledge management, learning and fast growth in SMEs
- New technologies, Internet, and communication in SMEs
- Regulation and taxes for SMEs
- Growth of SMEs
C. Strategic management and change in an SME
- Strategic Management in SMEs
- International entrepreneurship and SME internationalization
- Networks, alliances and relationships with government and large enterprises
- Managing change in an uncertain and changing environment
- Factors of success and failure in SME and entrepreneurial firms
D. New trends in entrepreneurship and SME management
- Social entrepreneurship
- Gender and female entrepreneurship
- Indigenous entrepreneurship
- Ethnic/diaspora/immigrant entrepreneurship
- Youth and student entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship in emerging/transition markets
- Franchises, sport, health, consulting and other emerging types of SMEs
- Corporate entrepreneurship
E. Special topics in entrepreneurship and SME management
- Family-based business
- Social responsibility, environmental protection, governance, and ethics in SMEs
- SMEs and regional, urban, rural, and national development
- Entrepreneurship education
- Epistemology, general theory development, and methods of research in entrepreneurship and SMEs
- Entrepreneurship and sustainable development
Peer Review Statement
Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship is an international, peer-reviewed journal which publishes high quality, original research. All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double blind and submission is online via Editorial Manager.
