The Economics of Small Firms A European Challenge

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ackermann, Stephen (Editor), Audretsch, David B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1990, 1990
Edition:1st ed. 1990
Series:Studies in Industrial Organization
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Small Firms in the 1990s
  • A. Small-Firm Growth
  • 2. Transactional Calculus and Small Business Strategy
  • 3. Firm Performance and Size
  • 4. The Relationship Between Firm Growth and Labor Demand
  • 5. Small Business in German Manufacturing
  • B. Issues in Entrepreneurship
  • 6. Some Empirical Aspects of Entrepreneurship
  • 7. Creative Destruction Among Industrial Firms in the United States
  • 8. Investment and Capital Diversity in the Small Enterprise
  • C. Technology, Strategy, and Flexibility
  • 9. Flexibility, Plant Size and Industrial Restructuring
  • 10. Technology Strategy in Small and Medium-Sized Firms
  • 11. Small-Scale Industry at a Crossroads: U.S. Machine Tools in Global Perspective
  • D. Small Firms, New Entry and Employment
  • 12. The Size of the Small-Firm Sector in Hungary
  • List of Contributors