Dr John Kitching

Article

Kitching, John, Hart, Mark and Wilson, Nick (2013) Burden or benefit? Regulation as a dynamic influence on small business performance. International Small Business Journal, ISSN (print) 0266-2426 (In Press)

Jayawarna, Dilani, Rouse, Julia and Kitching, John (2013) Entrepreneur motivations and life course. International Small Business Journal, 31(1), pp. 34-56. ISSN (print) 0266-2426

Kitching, John and Smallbone, David (2012) Are freelancers a neglected form of small business? Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 19(1), pp. 74-91. ISSN (print) 1462-6004

Smallbone, David, Deakins, David, Battisti, Martina and Kitching, John (2012) Small business responses to a major economic downturn: empirical perspectives from New Zealand and the United Kingdom. International Small Business Journal, 30(7), pp. 754-777. ISSN (print) 0266-2426

Xheneti, Mirela and Kitching, John (2011) From discourse to implementation: enterprise policy development in post-communist Albania. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 29(6), pp. 1018-1036. ISSN (print) 0263-774X

Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva, Blackburn, Robert and Collis, Jill (2011) Small wonder. CA Magazine, 115(1259), pp. 55-56. ISSN (print) 1352-9021

Kitching, John (2010) Book Review of: Business regulation and public policy: the costs and benefits of compliance by Andre Nijsen, John Hudson, Christoph Muller, Kees van Paridon and Roy Thurik (eds). International Small Business Journal, 28(1), pp. 125-127. ISSN (print) 0266-2426

Smallbone, David, Kitching, John and Athayde, Rosemary (2010) Ethnic diversity, entrepreneurship and competitiveness in a global city. International Small Business Journal, 28(2), pp. 174-190. ISSN (print) 0266-2426

Kitching, John, Smallbone, David and Athayde, Rosemary (2009) Ethnic diasporas and business competitiveness: minority-owned enterprises in London. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 35(4), pp. 689-705. ISSN (print) 1369-183X

Kitching, John (2008) Rethinking UK small employers' skills policies and the role of workplace learning. International Journal of Training and Development, 12(2), pp. 100-120. ISSN (print) 1360-3736

Kitching, John (2007) Book Review of: Small and medium-sized enterprises: findings from the 2004 Workplace employment relations survey by J.Forth, H.Bewley and A.Bryson. International Small Business Journal, 25(2), pp. 206-208. ISSN (print) 0266-2426

Kitching, John (2007) Regulating employment relations through workplace learning: a study of small employers. Human Resource Management Journal, 17(1), pp. 42-57. ISSN (print) 0954-5395

Kitching, John (2006) Can small businesses help reduce employment exclusion? Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 24(6), pp. 869-884. ISSN (print) 0263-774X

Rouse, Julia and Kitching, John (2006) Do enterprise support programmes leave women holding the baby? Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 24(1), pp. 5-19. ISSN (print) 0263-774X

Kitching, John (2006) A burden on business? Reviewing the evidence base on regulation and small-business performance. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 24(6), pp. 799-814. ISSN (print) 0263-774X

Jarvis, Robin, Curran, James, Kitching, John and Lightfoot, Geoffrey (2000) The use of quantitative and qualitative criteria in the measurement of performance in small firms. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 7(2), pp. 123-134. ISSN (print) 1462-6004

Kitching, John and Blackburn, Robert (1999) Management training and networking in the small and medium sized enterprises in three European regions: implications for business support. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 17(5), pp. 621-635. ISSN (print) 0263-774X

Kitching, John and Blackburn, Robert (1998) Intellectual property management in the small and medium enterprise (SME). Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 5(4), pp. 327-335. ISSN (print) 1462-6004

Curran, James, Jarvis, Robin, Kitching, John and Lightfoot, Geoff (1997) The pricing decision in small firms: complexities and the deprioritising of economic determinants. International Small Business Journal, 15(2), pp. 17-32. ISSN (print) 0266-2426

Book Section

Smallbone, David, Kitching, John and Xheneti, Mirela (2012) Vulnerable or resilient? SMEs and the economic crisis in the UK. In: Dallago, Bruno and Guglielmetti, Chiara, (eds.) The consequences of the international crisis for European SMEs: vulnerability and resilience. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 109-134. (Routledge Studies in the European Economy Series) ISBN 9780415680851

Kitching, John (2010) A burden on business? Reviewing the evidence base on regulation and small business performance. In: Smallbone, David, (ed.) Entrepreneurship and public policy. Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar. pp. 309-324. (International library of entrepreneurship, no. 19) ISBN 9781845421175

Kitching, John (2007) Is less more? Better regulation and the small enterprise. In: Weatherill, Stephen, (ed.) Better Regulation. Oxford, U.K. : Hart Publishing. pp. 155-173. (Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law, no. 6) ISBN 9781841137155

Kitching, John and Blackburn, Robert A. (2003) Innovation, intellectual property and informality: implications for policy. In: Blackburn, Robert A., (ed.) Intellectual Property and Innovation Management in Small Firms. London, UK : Routledge. pp. 16-34. (Routledge Studies in Small Business) ISBN 9780415228848

Curran, James, Blackburn, Robert, Kitching, John and North, Julian (1997) Small firms and workforce training: some results, analysis and policy implications from a national survey. In: Ram, Monder , Deakins, David and Smallbone, David, (eds.) Small Firms: Enterprising Futures. London : Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd. pp. 90-101. ISBN 1853963755

Kitching, John (1994) Employers' work-force construction policies in the small service sector enterprise. In: Atkinson, John and Storey, David, (eds.) Employment, the small firm and the labour market. London, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 103-146. (Routledge Small Business Series) ISBN 0415100356

Conference or Workshop Item

Kasperova, Eva and Kitching, John (2012) (Dis)embodied entrepreneurs: a critique of entrepreneurial identity studies. In: 35th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Annual Conference: Creating Opportunities through Innovation: Local Energy, Global Vision; 7-8 Nov 2012, Dublin, Ireland.

Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva and Collis, Jill (2012) Regulation, risk, performance and policy: a study of the impact of UK small company abbreviated accounts legislation. In: International Council for Small Business (ICSB) World Conference 2012: Leading from the Edge; 10-13 Jun 2012, Wellington, New Zealand.

Smallbone, David, Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva and Xheneti, Mirela (2012) A longitudinal analysis of small firm responses to the 2008-9 economic downturn. In: International Council for Small Business (ICSB) World Conference 2012: Leading from the Edge; 10-13 Jun 2012, Wellington, New Zealand.

Smallbone, David, Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva and Xheneti, Mirela (2012) The resilience of small firms to a major economic downturn. In: 35th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Annual Conference: Creating Opportunities through Innovation: Local Energy, Global Vision; 7-8 Nov 2012, Dublin, Ireland.

Kitching, John, Smallbone, David, Xheneti, Mirela and Kasperova, Eva (2011) Adapting to a fragile recovery: SME responses to recession and post-recession performance. In: 34th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Annual Conference: Sustainable futures: enterprising landscapes and communities ; 9-10 Nov 2011, Sheffield, U.K.. ISBN 9781900862233

Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva and Collis, Jill (2011) Deregulation or disclosure? Financial reporting regulation and small company performance. In: 34th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Annual Conference: Sustainable futures: enterprising landscapes and communities ; 9-10 Nov 2011, Sheffield, U.K.. ISBN 9781900862233

Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva and Collis, Jill (2011) Deregulation or disclosure? UK financial reporting regulation and small company performance. In: RENT XXV: Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business: 25th Anniversary Conference; 16-18 Nov 2011, Bodø, Norway.

Kitching, John, Smallbone, David, Xheneti, Mirela and Kasperova, Eva (2011) On the road to recovery? SME responses to recession and post-recession performance. In: RENT XXV: Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business: 25th Anniversary Conference; 16-18 Nov 2011, Bodø, Norway.

Kitching, John, Smallbone, D. and Xheneti, M. (2010) Adapting to the 'credit crunch': financial management practices in UK small enterprises during the 2008/9 crisis. In: Emerging Issues in Business and Law; 22 Jun 2010, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Kitching, John, Hart, Mark and Wilson, Nick (2010) Regulation: constraint on, or enabler of, business performance? evidence from UK small enterprises. In: RENT XXIV: Research in entrepreneurship and small business; 17 - 20 Nov 2010, Maastricht, Holland.

Kitching, John, Smallbone, David and Xheneti, Mirela (2009) Have UK small enterprises been victims of the 'credit crunch'? In: RENT XXIII Conference: Entrepreneurial Growth of the Firm; 19-20 Nov 2009, Budapest, Hungary.

Kitching, John, Smallbone, David and Xheneti, Mirela (2009) Have small businesses beaten the recession? In: 32nd Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference: Celebrating 3 decades of excellence in education, research and practice: at the cutting edge of international entrepreneurship; 3-6 Nov 2009, Liverpool, U.K. ISBN 9781900862165

Smallbone, David, Kitching, John, Xheneti, Mirela and Athayde, Rosemary (2009) Procurement and supplier diversity in the London 2012 Olympic Games. In: 56th International Council for Small Business (ICSB) World Conference 2009: The Dynamism of Small Business: Theory, Practice, and Policy; 21-24 Jun 2009, Seoul, Korea.

Smallbone, David, Kitching, John, Xheneti, Mirela and Athayde, Rosemary (2009) The challenge of supplier diversity: the case of the London 2012 Olympics. In: 32nd Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference: Celebrating 3 decades of excellence in education, research and practice: at the cutting edge of international entrepreneurship; 3-6 Nov 2009, Liverpool, U.K. ISBN 9781900862165

Hart, Mark, Anyadike-Danes, Michael, Iparraguirre D’Elia, José Luis and Kitching, John (2008) Business burden or market mechanism? Modelling the effects of regulation on small business performance in the UK. In: 11th European Network on Industrial Policy (EUNIP) International Conference ; 10-12 Sep 2008, San Sebastian, Spain.

Blackburn, Robert, Kitching, John, Smallbone, David, Bednall, T. and Pardo, A. (2008) Community-based business advice: evidence, practice and sustainability. In: 31st Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference: International Entrepreneurship - promoting excellence in education, research and practice ; 5-7 Nov 2008, Belfast, U.K. ISBN 9781900862080

Kitching, John, Hart, Mark, Wilson, Nicholas and Blackburn, Robert (2008) Does regulation promote small business performance? A critical realist informed approach. In: 31st Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference: International Entrepreneurship - promoting excellence in education, research and practice ; 5-7 Nov 2008, Belfast, U.K. ISBN 9781900862080

Blackburn, Robert, Hart, Mark and Kitching, John (2008) Growth challenges for SMEs: a UK-US comparative study. In: Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) / Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar: SME Growth; 17 Jul 2008, London, U.K.

Wilson, Nick, Kitching, John and Hart, Mark (2008) "It's the evidence, stupid": doing and legitimising policy-funded research. In: 31st Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference: International Entrepreneurship - promoting excellence in education, research and practice ; 5-7 Nov 2008, Belfast, U.K. ISBN 9781900862080

Kitching, John, Smallbone, David and Athayde, Rosemary (2007) Ethnic diversity and competitiveness: does the evidence justify policy action? In: 30th Institute for Small Business and Entreprenuership (ISBE) Conference: International Entrepreneurship; 7-9 Nov 2007, Glasgow, U.K. ISBN 9781900862035

Smallbone, David, Kitching, John and Hyde, Richard (2005) Improving access to business advice in rural areas. In: 28th Institute for Small Business and Entreprenuership (ISBE) Conference: Illuminating Entrepreneurship - the theory and practice of enterprise ; 01 - 03 Nov 2005, Blackpool, U.K..

Kitching, John (2005) Regulation and small business peformance: a critical literature review. In: 28th Institute for Small Business and Entreprenuership (ISBE) Conference: Illuminating Entrepreneurship - the theory and practice of enterprise creation and development; 01 - 03 Nov 2005, Blackpool, U.K..

Rouse, Julia and Kitching, John (2004) Do enterprise support programmes leave women holding the baby? In: Institute for Small Business Affairs 27th National Conference: Entrepreneurship & SME Development; 02 - 04 Nov 2004, Newcastle, U.K..

Kitching, John (2004) Inclusive employment practices in small enterprises. In: Institute for Small Business Affairs 27th National Conference: Entrepreneurship & SME Development; 02 - 04 Nov 2004, Newcastle, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Kitching, John and Blackburn, Robert (2000) Much ado about nothing? Small rural enterprises and the national minimum wage. In: 23rd ISBA National Small Firms Policy and Research Conference - Small Firms: Adding the Spark; 15 - 17 Nov 2000, Aberdeen, U.K..

Kitching, John and Blackburn, Robert (1997) Management training for SMEs: a comparative study of three European regions. In: 20th ISBA National Small Firms Policy and Research Conference; November 1997, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Unpublished)

Monograph

Jordan, E., Thomas, A.P., Kitching, J.W. and Blackburn, R.A. (2013) Employment regulation. Part A: Employer perceptions and the impact of employment regulation. (Project Report) London, U.K. : Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. 69 p. (Employment Relations Research Series, no. 123)

Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva, Blackburn, Robert and Collis, Jill (2011) Small company abbreviated accounts: a regulatory burden or a vital disclosure? (Project Report) Edinburgh, U.K. : Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. 68 p. ISBN 9781904574804

Smallbone, David, Kitching, John and Xheneti, Mirela (2009) Are small businesses resilient to the recession? (Project Report) London, U.K. : Workspace Group PLC. (Unpublished)

Kitching, John, Blackburn, Robert, Smallbone, David and Dixon, Sarah (2009) Business strategies and performance during difficult economic conditions. (Project Report) London, U.K. : Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS). 77 p.

Kitching, John and Smallbone, David (2009) Literature review for the SME Capability to Manage Regulation project. (Other) New Zealand : New Zealand Government. (Unpublished)

Kitching, John and Smallbone, David (2008) Defining and estimating the size of the UK freelance workforce. (Project Report) U.K. : Professional Contractors Group. 63 p.

Blackburn, Robert, Kitching, John, Hart, Mark, Brush, Candida and Ceru, Dennis (2008) Growth challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises: a UK-US comparative study. (Technical Report) London, UK : Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. 90 p.

Smallbone, David, Kitching, John, Athayde, Rosemary and Xheneti, Mirela (2008) Procurement and supplier diversity in the 2012 Olympics. (Project Report) Equality and Human Rights Commission. 85 p. ISBN 9781842060797

Anyadike-Danes, Michael, Athayde, Rosemary, Blackburn, Robert, Hart, Mark, Kitching, John, Smallbone, David and Wilson, Nick (2008) The impact of regulation on small business performance: report for the Enterprise Directorate of BERR. (Project Report) London, U.K. : Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. 138 p.

Blackburn, Robert, Hyde, Richard, Kitching, John and Smallbone, David (2007) Supporting inclusion in enterprise development: final report. (Project Report) Kingston upon Thames, Surrey : Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University. 56 p.

Blackburn, Robert A., Hart , Mark, Smallbone, David, Kitching, John, Eadson, William and Bannon, Kristy (2005) Analysis of the impact of the tax system on the cash flow of small businesses: a report for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). (Other) Kingston upon Thames, U.K. : Kingston Business School, Kingston University. 171 p. ISBN 1872058833

Smallbone, David, Kitching, John, Hyde, Richard and Blackburn, Robert (2005) Improving access to business advice in rural areas: an evaluation. (Project Report) London, UK : Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. 93 p.

Athayde, Rosemary, Blackburn, Robert, Hart, Mark and Kitching, John (2003) Working families' tax credit and disabled person's tax credit: the views, attitudes and experiences of employers. (Project Report) Kingston upon Thames, UK : Kingston Business School, Kingston University. 84 p. ISBN 1904983014

Kitching, John and Blackburn, Robert (2002) The nature of training and motivation to train in small firms. (Other) London, UK : Department for Education and Skills. 99 p. ISBN 1841856843

Curran, James, Blackburn, Robert, Kitching, John and North, Julian (1996) Establishing small firms' training practices, needs, difficulties and use of industry training organisations. (Project Report) London, UK : HMSO. 69 p. ISBN 9780112709626

Jarvis, Robin, Kitching, John, Curran, James and Lightfoot, Geoffrey (1996) The financial management of small firms: an alternative perspective. (Project Report) London, U.K. : Certified Accountants Educational Trust. 52 p. ISBN 1898291640

Thesis

Kitching, John William (1997) Labour regulation in the small service sector enterprise. (PhD thesis), Kingston University.