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Entrepreneurship, Small Firms and Self-employment

In: High Technology, Productivity and Networks

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  • David Audretsch
  • Maria Callejon
  • Mari Jose Aranguren

Abstract

At the end of the 1970s an important change took place in the economic structure of developed countries: a considerable increase in the number of small and medium enterprises occurred as well as a decrease of large firms. Since then, a wide literature has analysed this phenomenon. Some of these studies focus on the causes of this phenomenon whereas others centre on its consequences on economic growth and public welfare. The empirical literature highlights the dynamism of small firms in terms of both employment generation and innovation (see also the Introduction to this volume). For this reason the number of small enterprises, in relative terms, is considered a good indicator of entrepreneurship.2

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  • David Audretsch & Maria Callejon & Mari Jose Aranguren, 2008. "Entrepreneurship, Small Firms and Self-employment," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Mario Davide Parrilli & Patrizio Bianchi & Roger Sugden (ed.), High Technology, Productivity and Networks, chapter 6, pages 117-137, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-58372-6_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230583726_6
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    1. Skrzek-Lubasińska, Małgorzata & Szaban, Jolanta M., 2019. "Nomenclature and harmonised criteria for the self-employment categorisation. An approach pursuant to a systematic review of the literature," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 37(3), pages 376-386.
    2. Szaban Jolanta & Skrzek-Lubasińska Małgorzata, 2018. "Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship: A Theoretical Approach," Journal of Management and Business Administration. Central Europe, Sciendo, vol. 26(2), pages 89-120, June.

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