"The selections in this volume are edited versions of papers presented at an international conference ... at Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden on June 13-15"--P. vii. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The linkages among entrepreneurship, SMEs and the macroeconomy / Zoltan J. Acs, Bo Carlsson and Charlie Karlsson --Entrepreneurship and the theory of the firm / Mark Casson -- Entrepreneurship and economic restructuring: an evolutionary view / David B. Audretsch -- Creative destruction: source or symptom of economic growth? / Paul D. Reynolds -- Industry structure, entrepreneurship and the macroeconomy: a comparison of Ohio and Sweden, 1975-1995 / Pontus Braunerhjelm and Bo Carlsson -- Small business failure: failure to fund or failure to learn? / Robert Cressy -- Capital structure at inception and the short-run performance of micro-firms / Gavin C. Reid -- Resource allocation, incentives and control: the importance of venture capital in financing entrepreneurial firms / Paul A. Gompers -- Job creation and destruction by employer size and age: cyclical dynamics / John Haltiwanger -- SMEs and job creation during a recession and recovery / Per Davidsson, Leif Lindmark and Christer Olofsson -- Job flows of firms in traditional services / Luuk Klomp and Roy Thurik -- Innovation in UK SMEs: causes and consequences for firm failure and acquisition / Andy Cosh, Alan Hughes and Eric Wood --Productivity growth and firm size distribution / Zoltan J. Acs, Randall Morck and Bernard Yeung.
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