Introduction and overview: 1. The linkages between entrepreneurship, SMEs
and the macroeconomy Zoltan J. Acs, Bo Carlsson and Charlie Karlsson; Part
I. Entrepreneurship, Industrial Dynamics and the Macroeconomy: 2.
Entrepreneurship and the theory of the firm Mark Casson; 3.
Entrepreneurship, and economic restructuring: an evolutionary view David
Audretsch; 4. Business volatility: source or symptom of economic growth?
Paul D. Reynolds; 5. Industry structure, entrepreneurship, and the
macroeconomy: a comparison of Ohio and Sweden, 1975-1995 Pontus
Braunerhjelm and Bo Carlsson; Part II. Financing Entrepreneurship and SMEs:
6. Small business cessation: failure to learn by doing? Robert Cressey; 7.
Capital structure at inception and the short-run performance of micro firms
Gavin C. Reid; 8. Resource allocation, incentives, and control: the
importance of venture capital in financing entrepreneurial firms Paul A.
Gompers; Part III. Job Creation and Destruction: 9. Job creation and
destruction by employer size and age: cyclical dynamics John Haltiwanger;
10. SMEs and job creation during a recession Per Davidsson, Leif Lindmark
and Christer Oloffson; 11. Job flows of firms in traditional services Luuk
Klop and Roy Thurik; Part IV. Innovation, Productivity and Growth: 12.
Innovation in UK SMEs: causes and consequences for firm failure and
acquisition Andy Cosh, Alan Hughes and Eric Wood; 13. Productivity growth
and firm size distribution Zoltan J. Acs, Randal Morck and Bernard Yeung.
