TY  - BOOK
AU  - Watson,Anna
AU  - Kirby,David A.
TI  - Small firms and economic development in developed and transition economies: a reader 
T2  - Transition and development
SN  - 0754630609 
U1  - 338.642094	 22
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Hampshire, England, Burlington, Vermont
PB  - Ashgate Publishing Limited
KW  - Small business
KW  - Europe, Eastern
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - New business enterprises
KW  - Europe
KW  - BUSADM
KW  - February2019
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction / David A. Kirby and Anna Watson --
2. Hunting for New Employment: The Role of High Growth Firms / Per Davidsson and Frederic Delmar --
3. SMEs and the Innovative Capability of Regions: London's Lee Valley Region in a European Context / David North, David Smallbone and Ian Vickers --
4. Critical Success Factors of New, Technology-Based Firms / Alexandre Chamanski and Sigmund J. Waago --
5. Innovative High Growth Start-Ups in Germany: 'Neuer Markt' as a possibility for Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) / Walter Ruda --
6. Public Policies, Research Institutions, and the Development of Entrepreneurial Areas / Thuy O. Lam. --
7. Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Strategies in Transition Economies: An Institutional Perspective / Friederike Welter and David Smallbone --
8. Entrepreneurship in the New Germany / David Pistrui, Harold P. Welsch, Hans J. Pohl, Oliver Wintermantel and Jianwen Liao --
9. Small Business in Slovenia: Expectations and Accomplishments / Miroslav Glas and Mateja Drnovsek --
10. Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development in Latvia / Irina Kuzmina --
11. Living to Survive: The Small and Medium Enterprise Sector in Romania after Ten Years of Transition to a Market Economy / Iacob Catoiu and Calin Veghes --
12. Entrepreneurship and SME Development in Transition Countries: The Case of Bulgaria / Miroslav Mateev --
Conclusion / David A. Kirby and Anna Watson
ER  -