Volume 1. Introduction / Scott L. Newbert -- 1. Small businesses share of employment: charting the course over the last three decades / Brian Headd -- 2. The motivations underlying small business formation: an overview and empirical examination of self-efficacy and commitment / Narda R. Quigley, Scott L. Newbert, and Kevin D. Clark -- 3. The irrantional benefits of small business ownership: constructing economics well-being in business-owning households / Sara Carter, Gry Agnete Alsos, and Elisabet Ljunggren -- 4. Effectual decision making: applications for small business / Gaylen N. Chandler -- 5. Women- and ethnic minority-owned businesses: an overview of current research and future trends / Susan Marlow and Maura McAdam -- 6. The A-GES framework: understanding the family business difference / Justin B. Craig and Ken Moores -- 7. Institutional influences on entrepreneurial orientation in small businesses: a nine-country investigation of political and economic risk / Brian S. Anderson, Patrick M. Kreiser, and K. Mark Weaver -- 8. Opportunity unchained: seeking success / Charles H. Matthews, Mark T. Schenkel, and Mariah C. Yates -- 9. Entrepreneurial storytelling: an institutional tale / Lianne M. Lefsrud and P. Devereaux Jennings -- 10. Personal networks and networking behavior of small business owner-managers: how to make networks work for you / Erno T. Tornikoski, Alexandra Gerbasi, and Greg Molecke -- 11. Thinking like MacGyver: substituting resourcefulness for resources in small businesses / Craig E. Armstrong -- 12. Market entry timing decisions: a formal modeling perspective / Moren Levesque -- volume 2. Introduction / Scott L. Newbert -- 1. Managing the small firm for growth: cocreating stakeholder value propositions / Douglas A. Bosse -- 2. Technology-driven innovation: roles and implications of technology capabilities and the environment for the success and survival of small businesses / Larry Tribble, Paul Drnevich, and James Ha -- 3. The effect of top management team networks on innovation: a comparison of large and small organizations / Kevin D. Clark and Scott L. Newbert -- 4. Balancing institutional forces and strategic demands in adopting HPWS practices in small innovative firms: an overview and empirical analysis / Pankaj C. Patel -- 5. Family businesses and how they internationalize: a review / Manuel Eberhard and Justin B. Craig -- 6. Strategizing by social entrepreneurs: a longitudinal analysis / David Gras, G.T. Lumpkin, and Robert S. Nason -- 7. Small business exit: review of past research, theoretical considerations, and suggestions for future research / Dawn R. DeTienne and Karl Wennberg -- 8. Geographic cluster region influences on innovation: outcomes for small businesses / Brett Anitra Gilbert and Mika Tatum Kusar -- 9. Institutional impact on small venture exporting: differences between developed and emerging market economies / Joseph LiPuma and Christiane Prange -- 10. Regional banking development and small business growth: evidence from China / Iftekhar Hasan, Haizhi Wang, and Mingming Zhou -- 11. Small firms in transition economies: challenges and opportunities / David Smallbone -- 12. Overcoming hurdles for commercializing emerging technologies: the harbingers of Schumpeterian cycles for superior economic rent / Victor A. Chavez, Jonathan D. Linton, Regan Stinnett, and Steven T. Walsh -- 13. Public policy assistance for American small business: promoting supports and reducing impediments / William J. Dennis Jr.