Sara Carter
Biographic Data
| ID | 4014402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Carter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Carter |
| SIGNATURE | CARTER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5812-4354 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Exploring the disconnect in policy implementation
Previous studies have acknowledged the ineffectiveness of enterprise policy. However, the reasons for its ineffectiveness remain a matter for debate. This study examines the extent to which the ineffectiveness of enterprise policy can be attributed to the way it has been implemented. Interviews with central government policy-makers, Regional Development Agency staff and business development managers in local enterprise agencies during the Labour …
How nascent community enterprises build legitimacy in internal and external environments
How nascent community enterprises build legitimacy in internal and external environments. Regional Studies. Community enterprises have become a widely used mechanism in addressing problems associated with socio-economic decline in rural areas. Using a legitimacy perspective, this paper explores how emerging community enterprises access resources needed to start and sustain their operations. Studying two music festivals that aim to improve the ide…
The ineffectiveness of entrepreneurship policy
Kinship and business
Building on studies that have stressed the importance of context and the role of the family in business growth, this study explores the role of the entrepreneurial household in the process of business development and growth. We seek to understand how household strategy influences the development of new businesses, the ways in which household characteristics and dynamics influence business growth strategy decisions and how business portfolios are …
Extending Women's Entrepreneurship Research in New Directions
The dramatic expansion of scholarly interest and activity in the field of women's entrepreneurship within recent years has done much to correct the historical inattention paid to female entrepreneurs and their initiatives. Yet, as the field continues to develop and mature, there are increasingly strong calls for scholars to take their research in new directions. Within this introduction to the special issue, we expand upon the reasons for this ca…
The latent demand for bank debt
Invisible Businesses
Mason C. M., Carter S. and Tagg S. Invisible businesses: the characteristics of home-based businesses in the United Kingdom, Regional Studies. Home-based businesses comprise a significant proportion of the small business sector. But because they are invisible, their economic significance is assumed to be minor. This paper challenges this view. The majority are full-time businesses. One in ten has achieved significant scale. They create jobs for m…
Resource mobilization through business owners' networks
Purpose In this paper, a social capital perspective is presented to illustrate the interaction between gender and resource mobilization through business owners' networks. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores the resources provided by key supporters of small and young Spanish business owners within the professional service sector. Findings The findings suggest that a small group of key individuals provides a diverse range of mainly inta…
Social entrepreneurship
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the emerging practice of social entrepreneurship by exploring the historical and theoretical antecedents of social enterprise and its contemporary practice. By exploring key theoretical concepts, the paper draws comparisons between “for‐profit” and social entrepreneurs. The paper seeks to discuss the contemporary practice of social entrepreneurship. Discussion of the theory of entrepreneurship and c…
Accounting for change
Research investigating female self‐employment has often highlighted gender‐based differences in the performance of women‐owned firms. Some studies have linked the under‐performance of women‐owned firms to the lower levels of capitalisation used at business inception, associating this with disadvantages accrued in waged work and occupational segregation more generally. Drawing on this association, there has been a tendency to treat self‐employed w…
Reassessing Portfolio Entrepreneurship
Invisible Businesses
Mason C. M., Carter S. and Tagg S. Invisible businesses: the characteristics of home-based businesses in the United Kingdom, Regional Studies. Home-based businesses comprise a significant proportion of the small business sector. But because they are invisible, their economic significance is assumed to be minor. This paper challenges this view. The majority are full-time businesses. One in ten has achieved significant scale. They create jobs for m…
Kinship and business
Building on studies that have stressed the importance of context and the role of the family in business growth, this study explores the role of the entrepreneurial household in the process of business development and growth. We seek to understand how household strategy influences the development of new businesses, the ways in which household characteristics and dynamics influence business growth strategy decisions and how business portfolios are …
How nascent community enterprises build legitimacy in internal and external environments
How nascent community enterprises build legitimacy in internal and external environments. Regional Studies. Community enterprises have become a widely used mechanism in addressing problems associated with socio-economic decline in rural areas. Using a legitimacy perspective, this paper explores how emerging community enterprises access resources needed to start and sustain their operations. Studying two music festivals that aim to improve the ide…
Resource mobilization through business owners' networks
Purpose In this paper, a social capital perspective is presented to illustrate the interaction between gender and resource mobilization through business owners' networks. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores the resources provided by key supporters of small and young Spanish business owners within the professional service sector. Findings The findings suggest that a small group of key individuals provides a diverse range of mainly inta…
Reassessing Portfolio Entrepreneurship
Accounting for change
Research investigating female self‐employment has often highlighted gender‐based differences in the performance of women‐owned firms. Some studies have linked the under‐performance of women‐owned firms to the lower levels of capitalisation used at business inception, associating this with disadvantages accrued in waged work and occupational segregation more generally. Drawing on this association, there has been a tendency to treat self‐employed w…
Social entrepreneurship
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the emerging practice of social entrepreneurship by exploring the historical and theoretical antecedents of social enterprise and its contemporary practice. By exploring key theoretical concepts, the paper draws comparisons between “for‐profit” and social entrepreneurs. The paper seeks to discuss the contemporary practice of social entrepreneurship. Discussion of the theory of entrepreneurship and c…
Resource mobilization through business owners' networks
Purpose In this paper, a social capital perspective is presented to illustrate the interaction between gender and resource mobilization through business owners' networks. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores the resources provided by key supporters of small and young Spanish business owners within the professional service sector. Findings The findings suggest that a small group of key individuals provides a diverse range of mainly inta…
Invisible Businesses
Mason C. M., Carter S. and Tagg S. Invisible businesses: the characteristics of home-based businesses in the United Kingdom, Regional Studies. Home-based businesses comprise a significant proportion of the small business sector. But because they are invisible, their economic significance is assumed to be minor. This paper challenges this view. The majority are full-time businesses. One in ten has achieved significant scale. They create jobs for m…
Extending Women's Entrepreneurship Research in New Directions
The dramatic expansion of scholarly interest and activity in the field of women's entrepreneurship within recent years has done much to correct the historical inattention paid to female entrepreneurs and their initiatives. Yet, as the field continues to develop and mature, there are increasingly strong calls for scholars to take their research in new directions. Within this introduction to the special issue, we expand upon the reasons for this ca…
The latent demand for bank debt
The ineffectiveness of entrepreneurship policy
Kinship and business
Building on studies that have stressed the importance of context and the role of the family in business growth, this study explores the role of the entrepreneurial household in the process of business development and growth. We seek to understand how household strategy influences the development of new businesses, the ways in which household characteristics and dynamics influence business growth strategy decisions and how business portfolios are …
Exploring the disconnect in policy implementation
Previous studies have acknowledged the ineffectiveness of enterprise policy. However, the reasons for its ineffectiveness remain a matter for debate. This study examines the extent to which the ineffectiveness of enterprise policy can be attributed to the way it has been implemented. Interviews with central government policy-makers, Regional Development Agency staff and business development managers in local enterprise agencies during the Labour …
How nascent community enterprises build legitimacy in internal and external environments
How nascent community enterprises build legitimacy in internal and external environments. Regional Studies. Community enterprises have become a widely used mechanism in addressing problems associated with socio-economic decline in rural areas. Using a legitimacy perspective, this paper explores how emerging community enterprises access resources needed to start and sustain their operations. Studying two music festivals that aim to improve the ide…
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (9 works) · Family Business Performance and Succession (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Entrepreneurship (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Corporate Finance and Governance (3 works)