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Do Small Firms Create Jobs?

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  • OLAV R. SPILLING

    (Norwegian School of Management, Sandvika, Norway)

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The role of small firms in job creation in Norway is examined for the period 1980–90 by analysing births, expansions, contractions and closures. Data on establishments, which are applied as a proxy for firms, reveal that small establishments as a whole are the only group providing a net positive contribution to job creation over the period. However, further analysis of the data reveals that very significant proportions of job creation may be attributed to a small part of the establishments, and generally small establishments turn out to be poor job creators.

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  • Olav R. Spilling, 1996. "Do Small Firms Create Jobs?," Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 4(02), pages 147-161.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jecxxx:v:04:y:1996:i:02:n:s0218495896000095
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218495896000095
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    1. Thomas Kenworthy & W. Edward McMullan, 2013. "Finding Practical Knowledge in Entrepreneurship," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 37(5), pages 983-997, September.

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