This paper re-examines the link between new firm formation and subsequent employment growth. It investigates whether it is possible to have the wrong type of entrepreneurship—defined as new firm formation which leads to zero or even negative subsequent employment growth. It uses a very similar...

This employment performance of small and new manufacturing firms is examined in the County of Cleveland, an area of North-East England characterised by large establishments in 'heavy' industry. The paper shows that relatively few jobs were created by wholly new manufacturing firms in the area...

This paper argues that it is now appropriate and possible to undertake a thorough review of local economic initiatives (LEIs). The key theoretical point of the paper is to demonstrate that, from the viewpoint of economic efficiency, the marginal costs for each LEI instrument of achieving a...

This paper examines the hypothesis that firms located in large urban areas suffer from location diseconomies which significantly reduce their profitability and propensity to create employment. This hypothesis is tested on a sample of companies located within a single region, the north of...