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Jun 2, 2022 | 2022, Small Enterprise Research

SER EDITORIAL TEAM

Editor in Chief

Dr Tanya Jurado
Massey University
New Zealand

Tanya is editor in chief of Small Enterprise Research and a director of SEAANZ. Based in New Zealand, Tanya has taught and researched on small business and entrepreneurship in areas of SME internationalisation and the social contribution of entrepreneurship.

Deputy Editor
Dr Stephanie Macht
CQ University
Australia

Dr. Stephanie Macht is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Course in the School of Business and Law of CQUniversity Australia. Stephanie’s research interests span from entrepreneurial finance, over entrepreneurship education, to sustainability and learning and teaching more broadly. She has published widely on entrepreneurship education among other topics. She can be contacted here s.macht@cqu.edu.au.

Deputy Editor (Special Issues)
Dr Breda Kenny
Munster Technological University
Ireland

Dr. Breda Kenny, BBS, MBS, MMII Grad PhD (2009) is currently deputy editor (special issues) of Small Enterprise Research and head of School of Business at Munster Technological University Cork, Ireland. Breda has previously served as editor in chief of Small Enterprise Research, has over 25 years lecturing, management, and research experience in entrepreneurship and international business and has led and project managed several EU funded programmes in the areas of entrepreneurship education, business development, regional innovation strategies, senior and female entrepreneurship. She has published in international peer reviewed journals and served on the board of the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB). Breda can be contacted here Breda.Kenny@mtu.ie

Deputy Editor
Professor Jodyanne Kirkwood
Otago Polytechnic
New Zealand

Professor Jo Kirkwood is a Deputy Editor of Small Enterprise Research. She is a Professor at Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Jo has taught undergraduate students and supervised postgraduate students in the area entrepreneurship. Her research interests lie in small businesses and entrepreneurship, particularly in the areas of women entrepreneurs, environmental entrepreneurs and family entrepreneurship. Jo can be contacted here Jo.kirkwood@op.ac.nz

Small Enterprise Research

Tribute to Professor Thomas M. Cooney

Mar 2, 2021 | Leadership, Small Enterprise Research

Professor Tom Cooney has recently completed a six-year tenure as Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor of Small Enterprise Research. This time of transition provides an opportunity for the current editorial team and the leadership and the membership of SEAANZ to express our deep appreciation to Tom for his remarkably dedicated and effective leadership of Small Enterprise Research (SER).

Tom’s significant impact to the Small Enterprise Research journal has been far-reaching and comprehensive. During his time as editor, the journal became ranked amongst the Entrepreneurship and Small Business journals by the UK-based Chartered Association of Business Schools, and key metrics such as citations improved significantly. Throughout his tenure, Tom has worked tirelessly to improve the editorial process for both authors and reviewers. His hands-on approach to working with authors, reviewers, and the publishers have witnessed not only the improvement and clarification of processes related to journal submissions, but the editorial process itself. The average time from submission to review and average time from submission to Accept / Reject has also improved substantially, and the number of submissions has increased year on year. The articles published now have a greater global geographical spread than the tradition target market of Oceania, as promotion of the journal was pushed into new markets. Small Enterprise Research has moved from producing one Issue per year to three Issues per year, with six Special Issues being produced during Tom’s tenure. The reaction to Issue 23.3 on Small Business Policy was so positive that it was published as a book by Routledge. Other developments introduced by Tom included the addition of a voluntary Marketing Executive to the Editorial Team and the introduction of a Panel of Reviewers who offered their services to the journal. Under Tom’s leadership, Small Enterprise Research is better positioned to advance research, education, policy, and practice in the field of small enterprise and entrepreneurship.

While he may be formally leaving the roles in Small Enterprise Research, we hope that he will always remain a highly regarded and very valued leader in our small business community.

You have done a wonderful job!!