The Economics of Small Firms

1. Small Firms in the 1990s.- A. Small-Firm Growth.- 2. Transactional Calculus and Small Business Strategy.- 3. Firm Performance and Size.- 4. The Relationship Between Firm Growth and Labor Demand.- 5. Small Business in German Manufacturing.- B. Issues in Entrepreneurship.- 6. Some Empirical Aspects of Entrepreneurship.- 7. Creative Destruction Among Industrial Firms in the United States.- 8. Investment and Capital Diversity in the Small Enterprise.- C. Technology, Strategy, and Flexibility.- 9. Flexibility, Plant Size and Industrial Restructuring.- 10. Technology Strategy in Small and Medium-Sized Firms.- 11. Small-Scale Industry at a Crossroads: U.S. Machine Tools in Global Perspective.- D. Small Firms, New Entry and Employment.- 12. The Size of the Small-Firm Sector in Hungary.- List of Contributors.