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Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, and the Macroeconomy » (1st Edition)

Authors: Zoltan J. Acs, Bo Carlsson, Charlie Karlsson
ISBN-13: 9780521621052, ISBN-10: 0521621054
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: November 1998
Edition: 1st Edition

This collection examines the role of the entrepreneur in the development of the US economy.

	Preface
	List of Contributors
1	The Linkages Among Entrepreneurship, SMEs and the Macroeconomy	3
2	Entrepreneurship and the Theory of the Firm	45
3	Entrepreneurship and Economic Restructuring: An Evolutionary View	79
4	Creative Destruction: Source or Symptom of Economic Growth?	97
5	Industry Structure, Entrepreneurship and the Macroeconomy: A Comparison of Ohio and Sweden, 1975-1995	137
6	Small Business Failure: Failure to Fund or Failure to Learn?	161
7	Capital Structure at Inception and the Short-Run Performance of Micro-Firms	186
8	Resource Allocation, Incentives and Control: The Importance of Venture Capital in Financing Entrepreneurial Firms	206
9	Job Creation and Destruction by Employer Size and Age: Cyclical Dynamics	239
10	SMEs and Job Creation During a Recession and Recovery	286
11	Job Flows of Firms in Traditional Services	310
12	Innovation in UK SMEs: Causes and Consequences for Firm Failure and Acquisition	329
13	Productivity Growth and Firm Size Distribution	367
	Name Index	397
	Subject Index	401