Journal of Small Business Management Editor George T. Solomon, D.B.A. Editor-in-Chief, Journal for Small Business Management (JSBM) Associate Professor of Management, The George Washington University, USA Director, Center For Entrepreneurial Excellence (CFEE) Associate Editors Alain Fayolle, Ph.D., Emlyon Business School, France Alan Carsrud, Ph.D., Åbo Akademi University, Finland David Smallbone, Ph.D., Kingston University, UK Eddy Laveren, University of Antwerp, Belgium Hermann Frank, Ph.D., Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria Hiroyuki Okamuro, Ph.D., Hitotsubashi University, Japan Howard Van Auken, Ph.D., Iowa State University, USA Joanne Larty, Ph.D., Lancaster University, UK Kate Lewis, Ph.D., Massey University, New Zealand Kelly Shaver, Ph.D., College of Charleston, USA Ki-Chan Kim, Ph.D., The Catholic Unversity of Korea, South Korea Lene Foss, Ph.D., University of Tromso, Norway Marco Cucculelli, Ph.D., Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy Mark Freel, Ph.D., University of Ottawa, Canada Mark Schenkel, Ph.D., Belmont University, USA Marko Grunhagen, Ph.D., Eastern Illinois University, USA Martie-Louise Verreynne, Ph.D., The University of Queensland, Australia Massimo G. Colombo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Norris Krueger, Ph.D., Entrepreneurship Northwest, USA Ulla Hytti, Ph.D., University of Turku, Finland William E. Jackson III, Ph.D., University of Alabama, USA Business Manager Michael Battaglia Business Manager, Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM) Operations Manager, International Council for Small Business (ICSB) The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA Phone: 001-202-994-0704 Email:
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