Editorial

摘要

The first issue of Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development (JSBED), Volume 20, 2013 marks my twelfth year as Editor of this influential publication. As customary, I would like to reflect upon the distance travelled since spring 2001, when I began my journey as the novice Editor of a newly acquired Emerald Publishing Group journal, in its eighth year of publishing. Although still relatively new, the journal has already experienced a turbulent and uncertain existence. Its original editor died soon after JSBED commenced publication and, a few years later, his successor resigned in protest at the journal being sold unexpectedly and without due consultation. The vast proportion of the Editorial Board followed suit. Interestingly, however, the change of ownership provided JSBED with much needed security, initial investment and a stable home amongst an expanding portfolio of entrepreneurship-oriented journals.