Small Firms and Entrepreneurship
An East-West Perspective
David B Audretsch editor Zoltan J Acs editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:11th Mar '93
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- Paperback£37.99(9780521062046)
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: 9780521431156
Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
Weight: 510g
260 pages