ABSTRACT

This book, originally published in 1984, examines the role of small firms in Britain, Germany, France and Italy and critically appraises government policies towards them. It reassesses economic theories concerned with concentration and competition, theories which need some re-thinking to accommodate the growing importance of small business.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|14 pages

Concentration, competition and the small firm 1

chapter Chapter 2|23 pages

An analysis of concentration

chapter Chapter 3|13 pages

Economics and small enterprises

chapter Chapter 6|11 pages

Small firms and the German economic miracle

chapter Chapter 7|8 pages

The small firm in the French economy

chapter Chapter 10|26 pages

Small business research in Britain