STRA TEGY

EDITOR'S NOTE

SBIDA is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this year at the USASBE/SBIDA Joint
National Conference February 7-10, 2001 in Orlando, Florida. The Journal of Small
Business Siraiegy will be participating in the conference in a number of ways including
the awarding of the Best Applied Paper award that will be published in the journal later
this year. We hope that you will be able to participate in what promises to be an exciting
conference.

JSBSwill very shortly implement a website which will feature a searchable database of
JSBSabstracts. The abstracts will be searchable by keyword, author, issue or title. It is
hoped that this will be of aid to our readership in conducting research. In addition,
information regarding submission guidelines and subscription information will be
available on-line.

In this issue, we are following up on the article by Michael Ames and Paul Hugstad of
California State University (Fullerton) on field case consulting in the Small Business
Institute"'(SBI) Program. Ronald Cook of Rider University has written a Small Business
Brief which overviews how a smaller, newer SBI program can be successfullyundertaken.

Other articles in this issue cover a wide range of topics including enrrepreneurshlp
(Classification as a Factor in the Scientific Evoluil on of Enirepreneurship); financing
(The Familiarity ofSmall Technology-Based Business Owners with Sources of Capital:
Impact of Location and Capiralisarion); competitive strategy (Responding ro Indusiry
Consolidation in Fragmented Indusirlesi The Role of Capabilities in Small Busmess
Snrvival and Expecrarions for Fine Dining: Lessons for Small Business Resrauraieurs);
consulting (Small Business Enrerprise and Development: Consultation Modes and Start-

Up Success Facrois Perceived as Important by USA and Korean Consulianis);
collaboration and srrareglc alliances (Collaboration Between Technology Enirepreneurs
and Large Corporations: Key Design and Management Issues and Inrernaiiona/Strategic
Alliances: A Tale of Two Firms); and the emerging role of nor forprofir organizations as
a small business competitor (New Comperirors for Small Business: The For-Pro/it
Mentality of Nonprofit Organi arions).

We hope you enjoy this issue and hope to hear from you in the future.

Stephen W. Osborne, Editor



STRATEGF

MISSION STATEMENT
AND

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The Jrnirnal of Small Business Strategy is a priicricagy-orienteiljournal tliai
publishes high-ttuality, applied resenrcli on topics related to entrepreneursliip
nnd .small business operations. The journal stresses strategy in all fiinctional
areas. Community ilevelopment and smnll businessyentrepreneurship are also
emphasized.

Given our mission, authors are discouraged from submitting manuscripts with extremely complex
statistical analyses and/or purely theoretical orientation. Manuscripts should be written with the
small business owner/manager, the small business consultant, and the small
business/entreprcncurship educator in mind. Simple statistical analyses, tables, graphs, and
illustrations are encouraged. Case studies are acceptable. Afl papers must be properly documented.

Submissions should not exceed 25 typed double-spaced pages (one-inch margins). An abstract of
100-150 words must be included on a separate page. A brief biographical sketch must be
submitted for each author. The biographical sketch should not be attached to the manuscript.

The title page should include the title, the name(s) of the author(s), the address(es) of the author(s),
and the phone number(s) of the author(s). The first page of the manuscript should include the title
but no author identification. Manuscripts will be blind-reviewed.

Main headings should be typed all caps and centered. Secondary headings should be typed initial
caps only and centered. Paragraph headings should be typed flush left, initial caps only. Tables
and figures should appear at the end of the text, each on a separate page. The position of tables and
figures should be indicated in the body of the paper. Style (internal citations, reference list, etc.)
must conform to the most recent edition of the Piiblication hlanrial of ihe American Psychological
Association (Aprl ).

Five copies of each manuscript should be submitted to Stephen W. Osborne, Editor, Journal of
Small Business Strategy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 304 Eberly College of Business &
Information Technology, 664 Pratt Drive, Indiana, PA 15705-l07l(email —osbomeQaiup.edu).
The first copy must contain author identification. Afl other copies should contain no author
identification. Submissions must include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Accepted
manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft Word. Submissions may not be sent to other
publications while under consideration by the Journal of Small Business Strategy.