Theme issue: SME policy—recent developments
Including papers from the ISBE conference
Guest editor: David Brooksbank
Guest editorial
Gender and the use of business advice: evidence from firms in the Scottish service sector 292 – 314
Paul J A Robson, Sarah L Jack, Mark S Freel
Differential gains from Business Link support and advice: a treatment effects approach 315 – 334
Kevin Mole, Mark Hart, Stephen Roper, David Saal
Constructing female entrepreneurship policy in the UK: is the US a relevant benchmark? 335 – 351
Susan Marlow, Sara Carter, Eleanor Shaw
Ethnic-minority businesses in the UK: a review of research and policy developments 352 – 374
Monder Ram, Trevor Jones
SME policy support in Britain since the 1990s: what have we learnt? 375 – 397
Robert Bennett
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EU Cohesion policy and the role of the regions: investigating the influence of Structural Funds in the new member states 398 – 427
John Bachtler, Irene McMaster
Performance measurement in planning—towards a holistic view 428 – 454
Matthew Carmona, Louie Sieh
The territorial governance of the shadow economy 455 – 470
Luigi Burroni, Colin Crouch
Reviews 471 – 476
Savage on Redclift: Frontiers: histories of civil society and nature
Catz Reid on Bratt, Stone, Hartman (Eds): A right to housing: foundation for a new social agenda
Kelling on Stoll-Kleeman, Welp (Eds): Stakeholder dialogues in natural resources management: theory and practice
Blair on Jordan, Schout: The coordination of the European Union: exploring the capacities of networked governance
