Editorial

摘要

Writing an Editorial for the first issue of a new volume of the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development (JSBED) has always been an occasion for reflection and an opportunity to set out future approaches and publishing strategies. Volume 22 marks the 15th year in my role as Editor of this journal and it symbolises a continuous record of growth, innovation and publishing success. I look back with satisfaction upon the distance travelled since 2001, when I first became the Editor of JSBED, a newly acquired Emerald Group Publishing journal, in its eighth year of publication. By that time, this journal, although relatively new, had already experienced a turbulent and uncertain existence. Tragically, its founding Editor died soon after JSBED commenced publication. A few years later, while the journal was still struggling to position itself amongst competing small business and entrepreneurship publications, its second Editor, together with the majority of the editorial and advisory board, resigned in protest to the change in ownership. In the event, however, the new owners provided this journal with long-term security and investment for growth and development, as well as a stable home amongst an expanding portfolio of small business and entrepreneurship-oriented journals.