JOVRNAI OF SMALL ROSINESS

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EDITORS'OTE

Until now the Journal uf Small Bu.riness Srraregy has been published by the Small Business

Administration and SBIDA, and edited by Dr. Gwen Fontenot. Commencing with this issue the

journal will be published by Barry University's Andreas
School of Business and SBIDA under

our editorship.

Our first order of business must be to acknowledge the major contribution of Dr. Gwen Fontenbt,
who almost single handedly produced the prior issues. We would like to acknowledge her gracious

assistance in making the transition as smooth as possible.

Our foremost task was to get this issue out on time, and we are extremely pleased to have

succeeded in the face of all the unusual pressures. At the same time, we have managed to answer

all the telephone calls from concerned authors and to bring all of the files up to date. Shortly, we
will be assisted by computerization, which should allow the processing and decision time for all

papers to be reduced.

Beginning with the Spring Issue, we plan to include one invited anicle by a distinguished scholar

or practitioner in the field of small business strategy. This will not reduce the customary number

of juried publications, and we believe that it will add a new dimension for the reader.

Also, future contributors should note that we have adopted the APA style for all submitted

essays commencing with the Spring issue in order to promote uniformity and to provide adequate

stylistic guidelines.

Finally, we would like to acknowledge the support of Dwayne and Inez Andreas; their name is

a part of our School of Business. We are particularly appreciative ol'he leadership given to Barry
University by Inez Andreas, the Chair of our Board of Trustees. It is with deepest gratitude that

Lloyd D. Elgart, D.B.A., J.D., Dipl. in Law
Editor

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Lil lian Schanfield, Ph.D.
Associate Editor