
Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal (SBEJ) publishes original, rigorous theoretical and empirical research addressing all aspects of entrepreneurship and small business economics, with a special emphasis on the economic and societal relevance of research findings for scholars, practitioners and policy makers.
SBEJ covers a broad scope of topics, ranging from the core themes of the entrepreneurial process and new venture creation to other topics like self-employment, family firms, small and medium-sized enterprises, innovative start-ups, and entrepreneurial finance. SBEJ welcomes scientific studies at different levels of analysis, including individuals (e.g. entrepreneurs' characteristics and occupational choice), firms (e.g., firms’ life courses and performance, innovation, and global issues like digitization), macro level (e.g., institutions and public policies within local, regional, national and international contexts), as well as cross-level dynamics.
As a leading entrepreneurship journal, SBEJ welcomes cross-disciplinary research.
Officially cited as: Small Bus Econ
Journal information
- Editors-in-Chief
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- Zoltan J. Acs,
- David B. Audretsch
- Publishing model
- Hybrid (Transformative Journal). Learn about publishing Open Access with us
Journal metrics
- 4.803 (2019)
- Impact factor
- 5.377 (2019)
- Five year impact factor
- 48 days
- Submission to first decision
- 296 days
- Submission to acceptance
- 865,816 (2020)
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Latest issue

Volume 56
Special Issue: REFUGEE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Special Issue: Sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems: How do contextual factors support and constrain sustainable entrepreneurial activities in a regional ecosystem? and Special Issue: The age of digital entrepreneurship.
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Enablers of exit through trade sale: the case of early-stage research-based spin-offs
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Journal updates
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Call for Papers: The Interplay of Context and Entrepreneurship
Small Business Economics is seeking papers for a special issue on the theme of interplay of context and entrepreneurship.
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Call for Papers: Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Cities
Small Business Economics is seeking papers for a special issue on the theme of entrepreneurship and sustainable cities.
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Developments in Entrepreneurial Finance: Crowdfunding, Blockchain, and ICOs
Small Business Economics invites you to enjoy online first access to this virtual issue.
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Diversity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship – Regional, Urban, National and International Perspectives
Small Business Economics invites you to enjoy online first access to this virtual issue.
About this journal
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-0913
- Print ISSN
- 0921-898X
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