This paper introduces the special issue of Small Business Economics on Innovation. What binds the papers together is either their focus on the effect of firm size on the causes and consequences of innovation or their focus on the role small firms play in reshaping the industrial landscape.
Introduction: Economic performance and small business
โ Scribed by A. Roy Thurik
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0921-898X
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โฆ Synopsis
This paper introduces the special issue of Small business Economics on Performance. The concept of economic performance refers to the degree to which society's resources are being used as efficiently as possible. Where the field of industrial organization has emphasized the influence of market concentration on economic performance, the papers of this special issue zoom in on the link between firm size and economic performance.
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