Small Businesses in the Aftermath of the Crisis : International Analyses and Policies
edited by Giorgio Calcagnini, Ilario Favaretto
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2012
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| Authors: | Calcagnini, Giorgio |
| Other Persons: | Favaretto, Ilario (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Heidelberg : Imprint: Physica |
| Subject: | KMU | SME | Finanzkrise | Financial crisis | Wirtschaftskrise | Economic crisis | Welt | World | Italien | Italy | Klein- und Mittelbetrieb | Internationaler Vergleich |
| Description of contents: | Description [swbplus.bsz-bw.de] ; Description [deposit.dnb.de] |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (XXII, 251 p. 72 illus, digital) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Small Businesses in the Aftermath of the Crisis; International Analyses and Policies; Preface; Introduction; References; Contents; Contributors; SME and Entrepreneurship Policies After the Crisis; 1 Introduction; 2 Impact on SMEs of the Financial and Economic Crisis; 3 Policy Responses to the Crisis; 4 SME and Entrepreneurship Policies in a Post-Crisis Environment: The Challenges Ahead; 4.1 New and High Growth Firms for Job Creation; 4.2 SMEs and Entrepreneurship for Innovation; 5 Opportunity for Restructuring and Policy Challenges; 5.1 Improve Institutional Framework Conditions 5.2 Foster Internationalization5.3 Promote Innovation and Intellectual Asset Management; 5.4 Develop Entrepreneurial Human Capital; 6 Conclusions; References; OECD Countries´ Policy Approach to the SME Crisis in the Recent Recession; 1 SMEs´ Vulnerability; 2 The Impact of the Recession on SMEs; 3 The Government Approach; 4 The Impact of Government Measures; 5 The Aftermath of the Recession; 6 Unfinished Tasks and Conclusions; References; Industrial Policy for SMEs Renewal: The Opportunity of Service Platforms; 1 Introduction 2 The Strategic Links Between the SME Industrial Context and the Policy Approach Analysed3 A Survey Analysis of Italian SMEs; 3.1 The Diffusion of ICT in Italian Enterprises; 4 Alliances and Inter-firm Collaborations; 5 An Alternative Approach to Platforms: Acknowledging Different Platform Concepts; 5.1 Complementary Perspectives on Platforms in the Academic Literature; 5.2 Complementors and Market Creation; 5.3 Governance and Risk Sharing Profitability; 5.4 Innovation in Platforms: The Challenge of Market Creation; 5.5 Platform Catalysts 6 A Proposed Policy of Service Platforms for the Renewal SMEs6.1 The Features of a Service Platforms Policy for SMEs; 6.2 Which Policy and for Which SME?; 7 Concluding Remarks; References; Starting Smaller; Staying Smaller: America´s Slow Leak in Job Creation; 1 Introduction; 2 Note on Data Sources Used; 3 Trends in Business Starts and Survival; 4 Employment Trends; 5 Explaining the Employment Trends at New Businesses; 6 Limitations of This Research and Looking Ahead; References; The Italian Small- and Medium-Sized Firms in the Aftermath of the Crisis; 1 Introduction 2 Trends in the Italian Production Structure: From 1970s to 1990s3 Signs of Economic Distress Precede the Crisis; 4 The Decade of the Crisis: The Decrease in the Vertical Integration of Production and Trends in Average Firm Size; 5 A Summary of the Structural Dynamics of Italian Manufacturing; 6 How Italian Firms That Restructured and Invested in RandD Are Reacting to the Crisis; 7 Who Is Surviving and Who Is Better Off; 8 The Consolidation of Italian Industry; 9 A Framework to Interpret Trends Among Italian SMEs 10 The Relationship Between Education, RandD and Innovation: Is It a Virtuous Circle or a Bottleneck? |
| ISBN: | 978-3-7908-2852-8 ; 1-283-63187-3 ; 978-1-283-63187-7 ; 978-3-7908-2851-1 |
| Other identifiers: | 10.1007/978-3-7908-2852-8 [DOI] |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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