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EDITOR'S NOTE

As we begin the second decade of publication of the Journal of Small Business Strategy (JSBS)
and prepare to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Small Business Institute Directors
Association (SBIDA) in Disney World in Orlando (February 7 —10, 2001), it seems appropriate
to briefly reflect on the past and the future of the journal.

Volume I, Number I was published in February, 1990 and included eight articles which were
selected as the best articles from the 14u Annual SBIDA Conference. The editor was Gwen
Fontenot who played an important role in SBIDA for a number of years. Today, JSBS is a
nationally recognized journal with an editorial review board consisting of 30 dedicated
individuals employing a blind review process.

Afler ten years of publication, JSBShas expanded in several ways and has published articles on
a broad range of topics related to small business and entrepreneurism for the practitioner, the
consultant and the educator. A profile of the articles that have appeared in JSBSappears on the
next page.

As we enter the year 2000, we would like to remind the readership that the editorial staff and the
editorial review board of JSBScontinue to attempt to move the journal forward in terms of the
quality and quantity of articles related to the ever growing field of small business management
and entrepreneurship.

Notwithstanding the profile of the articles previously published iniSBS, the scope and content
of articles of interest to us is quite broad:

u Assist in the formulation or implementation of small business strategy
u Be directly applicable to consulting projects and solutions
u Generate ideas and approaches to problem solving in small business & entrepreneurship
u Be presentable to a small business owner/manager for application
u Relate to small business dc entrepreneurship education

Correction to Volume 10, Number 2: The last issue of JSBS included an article titled
"Putting Your Business on the Map: Geographic Information Systems for Small Business"
authored by Ronald Rubin of the University of Central Florida and Lawrence A. West, Jr.,
also of the University of Central Florida. Lawrence West's name was inadvertently omitted
from the article. The editorial staff of JSBSextends its sincere apology to Dr. West.

Stephen Osborne, Editor



Content Summary: Journul of Small Business S/ra/egy (1990-99)

Topic
Topic as % of

T~oic ~rii !urer T I ~/r ii ~i*
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Accounting

Financial 2 5 7 29% 71% 5%
'I'aration 0 I I P% 100% 1%
'System/Software I P I IPP% 0%

Entrepreneurship 13 2 15 87% 13% 10%

Ethics/Environment 5 I 6 83% 17% 4%

Finance
Techniques I 4 5 20% gP% 3%
Financing 2 2 4 50% 50% 3%

Legal/Govt. /Mediation 4 4 8 50% 5P% 5%

Mnnagement
BODs/Governance 2 P 2 IPP% 0% I '/
l3us. I'lan/Planning 6 I 7 86% 14%
Crisis Mgmt 0 I I P% 100% 1%
Culture I Q I I QQ'/ Q'/

IIRM/Diversity 14 7 21 67% 33% 14%
POM/I'QM 2 2 4 50% 50% 3%
Strategy 7 8 15 47% 53% 10%

Marketing
Advertising/Promotion I 2 3 33% 67%
Strategy I 5 6 17% 83% 4%

MIS/Info. Technology
Systems I 2 3 33% 67%
Internet/Web 0 2 2 P% 100%
Data Base 0 2 2 P% I Qtl'/

Miscellaneous
Case Study/Notes I I 2 SP% SP%
Export/Global 5 4 9 56% 44%
Firm Performance 3 I 4 75% 3%
Franchising I 2 3 33% 67%
Innovation/I'echnology 2 I 3 67% 33%
Minority Ownership I 0 I IPP% P% 1%
SBA I 2 3 33% 67% 2%
SBI 4 4 8 50% 50% 5%
Consulting 0 2 2 P% IPP%
Economic Development 0 I I P% 100%
Book Reviews 0 3 3 P% 100%

Total 81 72 153 53% 47% I PP%