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The Economics of Small Firms

A European Challenge

Part of the book series: Studies in Industrial Organization (SIOR, volume 11)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Small Firms in the 1990s

    1. Small Firms in the 1990s

      • Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch
      Pages 1-22
  3. Small-Firm Growth

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
    2. Firm Performance and Size

      • David J. Storey
      Pages 43-52
    3. The Relationship Between Firm Growth and Labor Demand

      • Bruno Contini, Riccardo Revelli
      Pages 53-62
    4. Small Business in German Manufacturing

      • Joachim Schwalbach
      Pages 63-76
  4. Issues in Entrepreneurship

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
    2. Some Empirical Aspects of Entrepreneurship

      • David S. Evans, Linda S. Leighton
      Pages 79-99
    3. Investment and Capital Diversity in the Small Enterprise

      • William C. Dunkelberg, Arnold C. Cooper
      Pages 119-137
  5. Technology, Strategy, and Flexibility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
    2. Flexibility, Plant Size and Industrial Restructuring

      • Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch, Bo Carlsson
      Pages 141-155
  6. Small Firms, New Entry and Employment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
    2. The Size of the Small-Firm Sector in Hungary

      • Zoltán Román
      Pages 199-206
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 207-227

Editors and Affiliations

  • Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, USA

    Zoltan J. Acs

  • Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Berlin, Germany

    David B. Audretsch

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Economics of Small Firms

  • Book Subtitle: A European Challenge

  • Editors: Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch

  • Series Title: Studies in Industrial Organization

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7854-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0484-5Published: 31 March 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4057-2Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7854-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4646

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 228

  • Topics: Industrial Organization, Economics, general, Management

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