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Creating good public policy to support high-growth firms

Mason, Colin; Brown, Ross - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 2, pp. 211-225

Writing in Small Business Economics Scott Shane argues that policy-makers should stop subsidising start-ups and instead focus on supporting the small subset of new businesses with high growth potential. However, both Shane and other scholars who have made the same argument only offer broad-brush...

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What holds back high-growth firms? Evidence from UK SMEs

Lee, Neil - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 1, pp. 183-195

High-growth firms are seen as vital for economic growth. It is important for policy and theory to consider the barriers faced by firms achieving high growth and those with the potential to do so. This article uses data for 4,858 UK SMEs to investigate the obstacles perceived by two sets of...

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Gazelles as job creators: a survey and interpretation of the evidence

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - In: Small Business Economics 35 (2010) 2, pp. 227-244

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Maryann Feldman: Recipient of the 2013 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research

Lorenzen, Mark; Carlsson, Bo - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 1, pp. 1-8

This article reviews the scientific contributions of the 2013 recipient of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship … clustering. She has also addressed other important aspects of contemporary entrepreneurship research, such as how academic … entrepreneurship is influenced by intellectual property rights and modes of finance and how high-technology entrepreneurship aligns …

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