Product Description: The latest volume in the Fuji Business History series explores the role of the entrepreneur and small business in the economies of the East and West. The volume presents contributions from well-known international scholars, including Michael Cusumano on Bill Gates and High-Tech Entrepreneurship; Martin Kenney on Venture Capital in Silicon Valley; and Mary Rose on issues of succession in entrepreneurial firms...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Entrepreneurship and globalization are two much-examined forces as we enter the new millennium--yet very little has been published on the intersection of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the global economy. To close the gap, this volume delves into the intricate roles and consequences of such businesses on both global and domestic economies...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Small Business in the Modern Economy is a collection of essays based on the 1994- F. de Vries lectures held at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam. The authors of this volume discuss the changing role of small firms in the modern economy from different angles: * Bo Carllson pays attention to the introduction of flexible automation and how this change of technology has resulted in a decrease in the size of firms * Zoltan Acs argues that small firms play an important role in the experimental phase of innovations in product and access...read more

Product Description: This text includes major papers presented at the seventh European workshop on recent research into entrepreneurship and embraces front research topics such as SME's internationalization, strategy, venture capital, and organization as well as entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe.

Product Description: A prominent group of internationally respected authorities offer a broad theoretical and empirical study regarding the transformation of production and the development of industrial areas in Europe and other advanced nations. Includes an evaluation of high-tech industries, producer services, revitalized craft enterprises and the ``new industrial spaces'' in which these growth sectors were concentrated during the past 10 or 15 years...read more

Product Description: In recent years, the potential role of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in fostering socio-economic development has received increasing attention in the international economic community. However, no previous works have dealt with the technological capabilities of these enterprises...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This book analyzes the regional importance of small and medium size enterprises, supplementing a discussion of key issues in both regional development and the economics of small firms with range of national case studies.