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Item Metadata only Bootstrapping as a dynamic capability : conceptualising innovation in technology-based small firms.(2009-11) Jayawarna, D.; Jones, Oswald; Macpherson, AllanItem Metadata only Developing dynamic capabilities through resource accretion: expanding the entrepreneurial solution space(2015-06-16) Herbane, B.; Jones, Oswald; Macpherson, AllanItem Metadata only Entrepreneurial ventures in higher education: Analysing organizational growth(Sage, 2008-12) Jones, Oswald; Macpherson, Allan; Woollard, DavidItem Metadata only The Evolution of business knowledge in smaller firms.(Oxford University Press, 2008) Thorpe, Richard; Jones, Oswald; Macpherson, Allan; Holt, RobinItem Metadata only Learning in owner-managed small firms: Mediating artefacts and strategic space.(Routledge, 2010) Jones, Oswald; Macpherson, Allan; Thorpe, RichardItem Metadata only Learning to cope with resource constraints and uncertainty: entrepreneurs practising purposefully.(2012 Conference for Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC), 2012-04-27) Herbane, B.; Macpherson, Allan; Jones, OswaldIn this paper, we argue that by dealing with resource constraints when facing situations of uncertainty, entrepreneurs engage in a number of activities to manage the ambiguity they face. In other words, we explore how entrepreneurs respond when learning in crisis mode and how they manage to recover or deal with constrained contexts they face. We report our findings from the analysis of significant learning episodes in 23 SMEs. Our contribution is to identify purposeful practices through which the entrepreneurs enlarge their potential solution space. They do this by gradual accretion of capability, thereby expanding the repertoire of potential action. By accretion in this context, we refer to the grafting and borrowing of capabilities into the firm’s action frame dependent on proximities, salience and relationships.Item Metadata only Learning to grow: dynamic capabilities in new technology-based firms.(2011-04) Jones, Oswald; Macpherson, Allan; Jayawarna, D.Item Metadata only Making sense of mediated learning in small firms.(2008) Macpherson, Allan; Jones, Oswald; Kofinas, A.Item Metadata only Making sense of mediated learning: Cases from small firms.(Sage, 2010) Macpherson, Allan; Kofinas, A.; Jones, Oswald; Thorpe, RichardThis article explores how artefacts invoke practices that encourage, support and sustain trajectories of collective learning. Analysis is drawn from three longitudinal case studies of small firms. Illustrations are offered of how learning activities are mediated by symbolic and material artefacts that are present in day-to-day work activities. Artefacts are shown to have a mediating effect on discourse, identity formation, learning routines, politics and conflict, and to create space and time for reflection and learning. The theoretical contribution lies in the explication of the pliable and multifaceted role that artefacts play in supporting learning processes. We also argue for a nuanced understanding of how artefacts might be used to shape learning trajectories. Our conclusions indicate that understanding the role of artefacts can enable more effective policy making and facilitate the development of support mechanisms for small firms. The perspectives we offer also have implications for learning in larger organizations.Item Metadata only Mature SMEs and technological innovation: entrepreneurial networks in the United Kingdom and Portugal(Imperial College Press, 1997) Jones, Oswald; Cardoso, C. C.; Beckinsale, M. J. J.Item Metadata only Micropolitics and network mapping: innovation management in a mature firm(Imperial College Press, 2001) Beckinsale, M. J. J.; Jones, OswaldItem Metadata only New business creation and regional development: Enhancing resource acquisition in areas of social deprivation.(Taylor and Francis, 2011) Jayawarna, D.; Jones, Oswald; Macpherson, AllanItem Metadata only Object-mediated learning and strategic renewal in a mature organization.(Sage, 2008-04) Macpherson, Allan; Jones, OswaldItem Metadata only The owner-manager as reflective practioner : mediating objects and strategic space.(2008-09) Jones, Oswald; Macpherson, AllanItem Metadata only Technology management in mature firms: structuration theory and the innovation process.(Carfax Publishing Company, 2000) Jones, Oswald; Edwards, Tim; Beckinsale, M. J. J.Item Metadata only The utilisation of bootstrapping techiques in emerging businesses.(2009-08) Macpherson, Allan; Jones, Oswald; Jayawarna, D.