Award Winning Conference Papers

Best Conference Paper 2009; sponsored by Liverpool Vision
Have small businesses beaten the recession?
John Kitching, David Smallbone & Mirela Xheneti

Learning for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Education Track; sponsored By NCGE
Investigating the Motivation for undertaking Entrepreneurship Education using Uncertain Reasoning
Paul Jones, Malcolm J. Beynon & Gary Packham

Business Creation and Development – Stimulating  Start-ups Track; sponsored by University of Liverpool
Supporting Black Businesses: Narratives of Business Support Providers in London
Sonny Nwankwo

Creative Industries Entrepreneurship Track; sponsored by ACCA
Creative methodologies for understanding a creative industry
Ted Fuller, Lorraine Warren & Sally Jane Norman

ICT, IT and E-Business in the Small Firm Sector Track; sponsored by Liverpool Vision
ICT Adoption and Development of E-business among SMEs in South Africa
Knowledge Mpofu, Don Milne & Lorraine Watkins-Mathys

Gender and Enterprise Track; sponsored by WICED
The Nordic Welfare Model: barrier or facilitator of women’s entrepreneurship in Denmark?
Helle Neergaard

Entrepreneurship, Networks, Innovation and Resource Acquisition Track; sponsored By  Liverpool Vision
Tracing the historical foundations of social networks in entrepreneurship research
Sarah Jack, Mary Rose & Lorraine Johnston

Management, Skills Development and Growth Issues Track; sponsored by Bradford University School of Management
Have small businesses beaten the recession?
John Kitching, David Smallbone & Mirela Xheneti

Social, Environmental and Ethical Enterprise Track; sponsored by Centre for Enterprise, Manchester Metropolitan University
Resource Advantage Theory and Fairtrade Social Enterprises
Bob Doherty, David Bryde & John Meehan

Venture Capital, Finance, taxation and Regulation Track; sponsored by Barclays
Toward an understanding of the capital structure of friend and family financing
Gary Hancock

Business Support and Internationalisation Track; sponsored by UKTI NW
Measuring Business Activity in the UK
Julian Frankish, Richard Roberts, David Storey

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