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Small Firms and Entrepreneurship

An East-West Perspective

David B Audretsch editor Zoltan J Acs editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:15th May '08

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Examines the role of small firms in developed nations' economies.

This book analyses the relative importance of small firms in developed Western nations and Eastern Europe, identifying their exact role and how this role has evolved.This book analyses the relative importance of small firms in industrial economies. It brings together a series of studies spanning a spectrum of selected countries in developed Western nations and Eastern Europe to identify the exact role of small firms and how this role has evolved. A striking result which emerges is that a distinct and consistent shift away from large firms and towards small enterprises has occurred within the manufacturing sector of all Western countries, while the role of small firms in Eastern European nations has been remarkably restricted, and, indeed, all these countries have experienced a shift away from small firms. It is clear from this analysis that a major challenge for political and economic reform in Central and Eastern Europe is to create the strong entrepreneurial sector which exists in the West.

Review of the hardback: '… studded with interesting ideas and insights … A useful addition to the still small number of books available on international comparisons of the role of small and medium enterprises.' Small Business Perspective

ISBN: 9780521062046

Dimensions: 229mm x 151mm x 25mm

Weight: 680g

260 pages