1st Edition
Small Firms and Economic Development in Developed and Transition Economies A Reader
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2003. Since the late 1970s there has been considerable interest in the role of small firms in economic development in general and employment generation in particular. Throughout the developed world, governments have introduced a range of measures to encourage small firm growth and development in an attempt to stimulate economic growth, generate employment and... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: Hunting for New Employment: The Role of High Growth Firms; 3: SMEs and the Innovative Capability of Regions: London's Lee Valley Region in a European Context; 4: Critical Success Factors of New, Technology-Based Firms; 5: Innovative High Growth Start-Ups in Germany: 'Neuer Markt' as a possibility for Initial Public Offerings (IPOs); 6: Public Policies, Research Institutions, and the Development of Entrepreneurial Areas; 7: Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Strategies in Transition Economies: An Institutional Perspective; 8: Entrepreneurship in the New Germany; 9: Small Business in Slovenia: Expectations and Accomplishments; 10: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development in Latvia; 11: Living to Survive: The Small and Medium Enterprise Sector in Romania after Ten Years of Transition to a Market Economy; 12: Entrepreneurship and SME Development in Transition Countries: The Case of Bulgaria; 13: Conclusion
Biography
David A. Kirby, Anna Watson
