Small Business

Small Business is a privately owned and operated economic entity characterized by a limited number of employees, constrained capital base, and localized market reach, which distinguishes it from large corporations and governmental enterprises within the study of economic organizations in local contexts.

5.9K

Publications

393.4K

Citations

9.6K

Authors

2.7K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1.2K

Parents

Economic SociologyLocal Economic Development

Children

Bank Lending To Small FirmsBusiness ClustersBusiness EntryCompetition Among Small FirmsExporting By Small FirmsHome-based BusinessesMarketing For Small FirmsMinority-owned BusinessesResilience Of Small BusinessesSmall Business Innovation

Publications

5.9K

Strategic management of small firms in hostile and benign environments

Jeffrey G. Covin, Dennis P. Slevin · Strategic Management Journal · 1989 · 5.9K citations

Business, Strategic Management, Strategy +12

Understanding the small business sector

Long Range Planning · 1995 · 4.3K citations · Full text

Business, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship +6

The economics of small business finance: The roles of private equity and debt markets in the financial growth cycle

Allen N. Berger, Gregory F. Udell · Journal of Banking & Finance · 1998 · 3.7K citations · Full text

Business, Business Economics, Economics +17

Monetary Policy, Business Cycles, and the Behavior of Small Manufacturing Firms

Mark Gertler, Simon Gilchrist · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1994 · 2.6K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Business Economics, Economics +16

Small and medium-size enterprises: Access to finance as a growth constraint

Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt · Journal of Banking & Finance · 2006 · 2.5K citations

Business, Business Economics, Finance +14

1–5 of 5.9K

Authors

9.6K

MR
Monder Ram
De Montfort University, United Kingdom
27 publications · 2.6K citations
25
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HM
Harry Matlay
Birmingham City University, United Kingdom
22 publications · 1.7K citations
19
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DB
David B. Audretsch
Indiana University Bloomington, United States
19 publications · 2.3K citations
18
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JC
James Curran
The University of Sydney, Australia
19 publications · 1.7K citations
17
h-index
RB
Robert Blackburn
Kingston University, United Kingdom
20 publications · 2.3K citations
17
h-index

1–5 of 9.6K

Institutions

2.7K

1–8 of 2.7K

Venues

Journal of Small Business Management
JSBM · 215 publications · 19.6K citations
82
h-index
International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
ISBJ · 171 publications · 18.9K citations
73
h-index
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
142 publications · 10.5K citations
60
h-index
Small Business Economics
135 publications · 16K citations
60
h-index
SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 187 publications · 7.4K citations
41
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