Theme issue: Exploring the frontiers of small business
Papers from the ISBE Annual Conference
Guest editor: Paul D Hannon
Guest editorial
Developing a coherent enterprise support policy: a new challenge for governments 3 – 19
Colette Henry, Frances Hill, Claire Leitch
Examining clusters formation from the 'bottom-up': an analysis of four cases in the North of England 21 – 35
Andrew Atherton
Innovation and the use of technology in manufacturing plants and SMEs: an interregional comparison 37 – 52
David Smallbone, David North, Stephen Roper, Ian Vickers
Facilitating innovation in opto-electronics in a national, global, and regional context 53 – 70
Chris Hendry, James Brown, Hans-Dieter Ganter, Susanne Hilland
Once more into the sunset? Asian clothing firms after the national minimum wage 71 – 88
Monder Ram, Mark Gilman, James Arrowsmith, Paul Edwards
Achieving 'sustainable business': a study of perceptions of environmental best practice by SMEs in South Yorkshire 89 – 105
Nick Taylor, Karen Barker, Mike Simpson
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An assessment of the business environment for high-tech industrial development in Shanghai 107 – 137
Wen Hong
How can we reap the fruits of academic research in biotechnology? In search of critical success factors in policies for new-firm formation 139 – 155
Marina van Geenhuizen
Reviews 157 – 158
Walks on Gainsborough: Fenced off: the suburbanization of American politics
The joy of joining up: modes of integrating the local government modernisation agenda 159 – 179
Richard Cowell, Steve Martin
Decentralisation and poverty alleviation in Indonesia 181 – 202
Anne Booth
Educational restructuring from a community viewpoint: a case study of school closure from Invercargill, New Zealand 203 – 223
Karen Witten, Robin Kearns, Nick Lewis, Heather Coster, Tim McCreanor
Regional planning tensions: planning for economic growth and sustainable development in two contrasting English regions 225 – 239
David Counsell, Graham Haughton
Realising 'joined-up' geography in the National Health Service: the role of geographical information systems? 241 – 258
Gary Higgs, Darren P Smith, Myles I Gould
Identifying areas of multiple social need: a case study in the preparation of Children Services Plans 259 – 276
Massimo Craglia, Robert Haining, Paola Signoretta
Local development companies and the regeneration of Britain's cities 277 – 303
Mike Raco, Ivan Turok, Keith Kintrea
Referees 2002 305
Reviews 307 – 316
Perrels on Midttun (Ed.): European energy industry business strategies
Arbix on Sverrisson, Van Dijk (Eds): Local economies in turmoil: the effects of deregulation and globalization
Palavicini Corona on Lyons, Hamlin: Creating an economic development action plan: a guide for development professionals
Badcock on Leonard, Mortimore: Elections in Britain: a voter's guide
Reid on Shapiro, Wolff (Eds): Assets for the poor: the benefits of spreading asset ownership
Benneworth on Hennessy: The secret state: Whitehall and the Cold War
Clayton on Nairn: Pariah: misfortunes of the British Kingdom
Nongovernmental organizations as intermediaries for decentralization in Bolivia 317 – 331
Ben Kohl
The global trend towards devolution and its implications 333 – 351
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Nicholas Gill
Overreliance on the core - periphery model? The case of Israel 353 – 369
Raphael Bar-El, John B Parr
Consumer-oriented monitoring and environmental reform 371 – 388
Sander W K van den Burg, Arthur P J Mol, Gert Spaargaren
The conceptual integration of planning and sustainability: an investigation of planners in the United States 389 – 410
Edward J Jepson Jr
Carbon dioxide reduction in housing: experiences in urban renewal projects in the Netherlands 411 – 427
Jochem F M van der Waals, Walter J V Vermeulen, Pieter Glasbergen
Charting uncertainty in science-policy discourses: the construction of the chlorinated drinking-water issue and cancer 429 – 444
S Michelle Driedger, John Eyles
Allocation of responsibility: managerial perspectives on pollution in three Chinese municipalities 445 – 465
Gerald E Fryxell, Carlos W H Lo, Tao-chiu Lam
Reviews 467 – 474
Theme issue: Impact of regulation on SMEs
Papers from the ISBE Annual Conference
Guest editors: Panikkos Poutziouris, Francis Chittenden
Guest editorial
Factors affecting the costs of UK VAT compliance for small and medium-sized enterprises 479 – 492
Ann Hansford, John Hasseldine, Carole Howorth
A comparative analysis of the impact of taxation on the SME economy: the case of UK and US - New York State in the year 2000 493 – 508
Panikkos Poutziouris, Francis Chittenden, Tim Watts, Khaled Soufani
The impact of capital taxation upon UK unquoted companies 509 – 530
Peter Casson, Peter L Jennings, Clive Allen
Formality and informality in employment relations: the implications for regulatory compliance by smaller firms 531 – 547
Susan Marlow
SMEs and environmental regulations: a study of the UK screen-printing sector 549 – 566
Dean Patton, Ian Worthington
Small business growth and tax policy in Canada -- a theoretical model 567 – 578
Khaled Soufani
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Regulatory failure via market evolution: the case of UK packaging recycling 579 – 595
Richard O'Doherty, Ian Bailey, Alan Collins
The redistributive, stabilising, and insurance effects at the territorial level of 'federal' government budgets 597 – 613
Núria Bosch, Marta Espasa, Pilar Sorribas
Goal conflicts in political decisionmaking: a survey of municipality politicians' views of road pricing 615 – 624
Lars-Olof Johansson, Mathias Gustafsson, Gunnar Falkemark, Tommy Gärling, Olof Johansson-Stenman
Reviews 625 – 632
Benneworth on Kavanagh, Seldon: The powers behind the prime minister: the hidden influence of Number Ten
on Leach: Political ideology in Britain
on Seyd: New Labour's grassroots: the transformation of the Labour Party membership
Clayton on Tomaney, Mawson (Eds): England: the state of the regions
Struder on Syrett, Baldock (Eds): Governing London: competitiveness and regeneration for a global city
Theory and praxis in economic geography: 'enterprising' and local growth in a global economy 633 – 649
Paul Plummer, Michael Taylor
Spatial scale and neighbourhood regeneration in England: a case study of Avon 651 – 662
Richard Harris, Ron Johnston
Methodology problems in urban governance studies 663 – 685
Scott Gissendanner
Employment in host regions and foreign direct investment 687 – 701
Frank McDonald, Heinz J Tüselmann, Arne Heise, David Williams
Rural - urban differences in privatization: limits to the competitive state 703 – 718
Mildred Warner, Amir Hefetz
Michigan's Renaissance Zones: eliminating taxes to attract investment and jobs in distressed communities 719 – 734
Gary Sands
Demutualisation, strategic choice, and social responsibility 735 – 760
J Neill Marshall, Richard Willis, Ranald Richardson
Mediating the 'national' and the 'local' in the environmental policy process: a case study of the CPRE 761 – 778
Philip Lowe, Jonathan Murdoch
Reviews 779 – 790
Review essay: Dierwechter on Honachefsky: Ecologically based municipal land use planning
on Owens, Cowell: Land and limits: interpreting sustainability in the planning process
on Murdoch, Abram: Rationalities of planning: development versus environment in planning for housing
Jenkins on Szarka: The shaping of environmental policy in France
Edgington on Guerrieri, Iammarino, Pietrobelli: The global challenge to industrial districts: small and medium-sized enterprises in Italy and Taiwan
Bakker on Quah, Tan: Siting environmentally unwanted facilities: risks, trade-offs and choices
Burroni on Le Galès: European cities: social conflicts and governance
Balram on Beierle, Cayford: Democracy in practice: public participation in environmental decisions
Theme issue: Supports for small business
Papers from the ISBE Annual Conference
Guest editors: Aidan Berry, Lew Perren
Guest editorial
The impact of Investors in People on small business growth: who benefits? 793 – 812
Stuart Fraser
Interpretive analysis as an evaluative tool: the case of Mustard.UK.Com, a high-growth small business programme 813 – 824
Dean Patton, Susan Marlow, Monder Ram, Kul Sanghera
Policy support for small firms in rural areas: the English experience 825 – 841
David Smallbone, Robert Baldock, David North
Addressing the business support needs of ethnic minority firms in the United Kingdom 843 – 859
David Deakins, Monder Ram, David Smallbone
Are incubators good for business? Understanding incubation practice -- the challenges for policy 861 – 881
Paul D Hannon, Paul Chaplin
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Measuring neighbourhood deprivation: a critique of the Index of Multiple Deprivation 883 – 903
Iain Deas, Brian Robson, Cecilia Wong, Michael Bradford
Planning and power: towards an emancipatory planning approach 905 – 924
Louis Albrechts
Reviews 925 – 934
Oldfield on Holm-Hansen (Ed.): Environment as an issue in a Russian town
Tracy on Orfield: American metropolitics: the new suburban reality
Melachroinos on Cuadrado-Roura (Ed.): Regional convergence in the European Union: facts, prospects and policies
Davies on Martin, Morrison: Geographies of labour market inequality
Hubbard on Miles, Hall (Eds): Urban futures: critical commentaries on shaping the city
Felsenstein on Stimson, Stough, Roberts: Regional economic development: analysis and planning strategy
Waley on Sorensen: The making of urban Japan: cities and planning from Edo to the 21st century
Le Billon on Smith: Understanding Third World politics: theories of political change and development
