The Official Journal Of The

The Official Journal of the

United States Association for, Small Business and Entrepreneurship the U.S. Affiliate for the International Council for Small Business

The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) is an affiliate of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) and is an organization of outstanding professionals who are dedicated to educating entrepreneurs to succeed in a rapidly changing global economy. Members have many opportunities for growth, not only through the USASBE and ICSB publications, but also by attending the special conferences scheduled throughout the year. The conferences provide the environment to learn and network with other professionals from around the nation and the world who are interested in small business and entrepreneurship. Members receive both EntrepreneurshipTheory and Practice and the Journalof Small Business Management, bimonthly and quarterly publications that feature current research, educational techniques, features on government policy, book reviews, announcements of interest to members, and other items. Members also receive newsletters and other information to keep them abreast of events in the field. For additional information concerning USASBE, please contact: United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Florida Atlantic University, College of Business 777 Glades Road, Bldg 87, Room 207F Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991 USA (561) 297-4060 Fax (561) 2974009 or go to: http://usasbe.org EntrepreneureshipTheory and Practice(formerly the American Journalof Small Business), ISSN 1042-2587 (print), ISSN 1540-6520 (online), is published bimonthly on behalf of Baylor University by Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., a Wiley Company, 111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774. This journal is available online at Wiley InterScience. Visit www3.interscience.wiley.com to search the articles and register for table of contents e-mail alerts. Wiley Periodicals, Inc. is now part of John Wiley & Sons. Subscription Rates for Volume 33, 2009: Print & Online: US$482 (US), US$728 (Rest of World), €471 (Europe), £371 (UK). Prices are exclusive of tax. Asia-Pacific GST, Canadian GST and European VAT will be applied at the appropriate rates. For more information on current tax rates, please go to www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/Journal-ordering-andCpayment.html#Tax. The price includes online access to the current and all online back files to January 1' 1997, where available. For other pricing options, including access information and terms and conditions, please visit www.interscience.wiley.com/journal-info © 2009 Baylor University, Waco, Texas. Cover design and format by Terry M. Roller.

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TITLE: The Official Journal of United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship SOURCE: Entrepreneurship Theory Pract 33 no1 Ja 2009 The magazine publisher is the copyright holder of this article and it is reproduced with permission. Further reproduction of this article in violation of the copyright is prohibited. To contact the publisher: http://hsb.baylor.edu/