Small Businesses in the Aftermath of the Crisis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. SME and Entrepreneurship Policies After the Crisis

   • Sergio Arzeni, Lucia Cusmano, Jonathan Potter

   Pages 1-16

3. OECD Countries’ Policy Approach to the SME Crisis in the Recent Recession

   • Salvatore Zecchini

   Pages 17-39

4. Industrial Policy for SMEs Renewal: The Opportunity of Service Platforms

   • Bruno Basalisco, Guido M. Rey

   Pages 41-70

5. Starting Smaller; Staying Smaller: America’s Slow Leak in Job Creation

   • E. J. Reedy, Robert J. Strom

   Pages 71-85

6. The Italian Small- and Medium-Sized Firms in the Aftermath of the Crisis

   • Giorgio Calcagnini, Ilario Favaretto

   Pages 87-111

7. Product Innovation and Corporate Governance in Turbulent Times: Evidence from Italian SMEs

   • Marco Cucculelli

   Pages 113-122

8. The Internationalization of Italian SME After the Crisis: New Opportunities or New Threats?

   • Rosalba Rombaldoni

   Pages 123-146

9. The Great Recession of 2008–2009, Conventional and Non-conventional U.S. Federal Government Responses and Their Impact on U.S. Small Businesses

   • Giuseppe Gramigna

   Pages 147-171

10. Access to Finance in the Euro Area: What Are SMEs Telling Us About the Crisis?

    • Annalisa Ferrando

    Pages 173-188

11. Examining the Impact of Credit Access on Small Firm Survivability

    • Traci L. Mach, John D. Wolken

    Pages 189-210

12. Internal Capital Market and Investment Decisions in Small and Medium-Sized Groups

    • Donato Iacobucci

    Pages 211-227

13. Guarantees and Bank Loan Interest Rates in Italian Small-Sized Firms

    • Giorgio Calcagnini, Fabio Farabullini, Germana Giombini

    Pages 229-251

This book seeks to analyze how small and medium businesses react to the economic and financial crisis. Its focus is on the activities and strategies of SMEs in the areas of innovation, R&D investment, labor markets and finance. The book takes an international perspective and includes both comparative and national analyses and policies, with authors representing acdemia and international institutions such as the ECB, OECD, Kauffman Foundation, Federal Reserve, and US Small Business Administration.

• Credit Crunch
• Economic and Financial Crisis
• Innovation
• International Competition
• Small Business Economics

• Fac. Economia, Economics and Quantitative Methods, Università di Urbino, Urbino, Italy

  Giorgio Calcagnini

• , Economics and Quantitative Methods, Università di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy

  Ilario Favaretto

Giorgio Calcagnini is Professor of Economics at the University of Urbino, Italy, where he teaches courses and conducts applied research on investment, macro- and micro-economic theory, and the financial system. He was a researcher at ISCO and at the Confindustria, both in Rome.

Ilario Favaretto is Professor of Regional Economics at the University of Urbino, Italy. His current research focuses on the role of small businesses adopting an international perspective and expecially focusing on European policies.  

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