STRA TEGY EDITOR'S NOTE As we go to press we are at a milestone in that this issue marks the tenth year of publication of the Journal of Small Business Strategy (JSBS). The first issue consisted of eight of the best papers that were presented at the 14a Annual SBIDA Conference. Since that time, the Journal has evolved to the point where we receive manuscripts from all over the country as well as receiving a number of international submissions. In addition, we feature invited articles, research notes ("Small Business Briefs" ), and book reviews while we continue to publish the two best papers from the annual SBIDA Conference. As we continue to expand the scope and enhance the quality of JSBS, we continue to look for manuscripts which fit our mission. Based on the JSBSmission, we believe that articles published in JSBS should be of value to small business dt entrepreneurship educators/scholars, small business consultants or individuals involved in economic development in terms of or least one of the following: ~ Assist in the formulation or implementation of small business strategy ~ Be directly applicable to consulting projects and solutions ~ Generate ideas and approaches to problem solving in small business Ik entrepreneurship ~ Be presentable to a small business owner/manager for application ~ Relate to small business dt entrepreneurship education WHAT IS A "SMALL BUSINESS?" (U.S. SBA) Maximum Annual Sales or T e of Business NumberofEm lo ees Wholesale Trade $ 9.5 - 22 Million (Varies Across Industries) General Construction $ 17 Million Services $ 2.5 ~ 14.5 Million (Varies Across Industries) Retail Trade $ 3.5 - 13.5 Million (Varies Across Industries) Agricultural Production $ .I - 3.5 Million (Varies Across Type) Restaurants Up To $ 10 Million Manufacturing Maximum of Either 500, 750,1000, Or 1500 Employees (Depends On Indusuy) Some Things Wc Are Doing In addition to our regulsrsubscribers JSBSis being distributedto over 650 AACSB member and candidate schools once again. It is expected that this exposure will provide visibility for JSBSas well as SBIDA snd the Small Business Institute (SBI) Program. s The USASBE/SBIDA Joint National Annual Conference will be held in San Antonio, February l6-20, 2000 (see advertisement in this issue). I would like to remind our readership that a minimum of two articles, probably as many as four, will be selected from the submissions/proceedings for publication in JSBS. We have established a relationship with PricewaterhouseCoopers, whereby they publish condensationsof articles from JSBSin their on-I ine Execu/ac Digest. We are one of a select number of journals whose work will appear from time to time. Check them out at d Ay ytt ght th F * Dv ( li k "I igh and Solutions" and then "Executive Digest" ). We have had an excerpt of "The Classification of Service Providers as Contract Workers Rather than Employees: Implications and Guidelines for Small Businesses" (JSBSVolume 9, Number 2, 1998) by Matthew Sonfield already featured on their site earlier this year. t We are developing a JSBSwebsite which will feature abstracts from our previous issues as well as other information pertaining to the journal. In addition, we hope to link JSBSwith some abstract services in the near future. We have an unusually high number of articles published in this issue ofJSBS. Included in the issue are a number of Small Business Briefs, something that we will continue to do in the future. This venue provides a forum for more authors to publish their work while providing our readership with a broad range of useful research. I hope you enjoy this issue of JSBS. If you have any comments, please send us a letter or an email (osbomeIiup.edu). Stephen Osborne, Edger USA SBE/SBIDA Joint Annual Nationaii Conference ( 24'" Annual SBIDA Conference and 15'nnual USASBE Conference) February 16-20, 2000 Sheraton Four Points, Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AtND: CAL'L FOR PAPERS AND 8'ORKSHOPS Deadline for Submissions: September 15, 1999 Theme: USASBE/SBIDA 2000: The Entrepreneurial Millennium The Joint Annual National Conference will be held jointly by USASBE and SBIDA from February 16-20 at the Sheraton Four Points, Riverwalk in San Antonio Texas. The conference will include papers, workshops, case studies, and symposia dealing with family'business, entrepreneurship, entrepreneuiship education, and SBI programs and institute management. Topics will focus on issues of significance as we enter the 21" Century: ~ New Business Development 21" Century Style —What's Changed? ~ Entrepreneurship in a Changing World ~ Global Marketing in the 21" Century ~ Economic Realities: Financing Small or Risky Ventures ~ Technology and Change: Redefining the Entrepreneur ~ Focus on Family: Whose Business is it Anyway?- ~ Incubators and Institutes: Support Systems for New Ventures ~ Challenges for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Educators Edd did ~bid. / If i,.ddii ddd'i workshopslsymposia, general submissions, instructions; and participating in the piogram as a paper reviewer, discussant, andyor session chair. Conference Workshops dk Symposia: Competitive Papers: Information: 'ohn Wallace, Program Co-Chair Abbas Nadim Joan Winn, program Co- Lewis College of Business ' Management Department Chair Marshall University University of New Haven Daniels College of Business 400 Hal Greer Blvd 300 Orange Avenue University of Denver Huntington, WV 25755 West Haven, CT 06516 Denver, CO 80208 Tel: (304) 696-2680 Tel'. (203) 932-7122 Fax: 303-871-2294 Fax: (304) 696-6013 Fax: (203) 931-6092 E E~d. d SEE YOU IN SAN ANTONIO! We Salute Lori Maruso & Laurence Weinzimmer, authors of the Distinguished Conceptual Paper Franz Lohrke, Geralyn McClure Franklin, & Vinay Kothari, authors of the Distinguished Empirical paper 1999SBIDA Conference Look for their articles in this issue I I'mall Business Institute Directors'ssociation JSBSwill be publishing at least two, perhaps as m'aiiy as four, of the best papers from the 2000 USASBE/SBIDA Joint Conference