| Are Small Firms Important? Their Role and Impact 1999 Edition Contributor(s): Ackermann, Stephen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0792384156 ISBN-13: 9780792384151 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1999 Annotation: Are Small Firms Important? Their Role and Impact proposes and supports the claim that small firms make two indispensable contributions to the economy. First, they are an integral part of the renewal process that pervades market economies. New and small firms play a crucial role in experimentation and innovation that leads to technological change, productivity and economic growth. Second, small firms are the essential mechanism by which millions enter the economic and social mainstream of American society. The public policy implications for sustained economic growth and social well-being is the continued high-level creation of new and small firms by all segments of society. It should be the role of government policy to facilitate that process by eliminating entry barriers, lowering transaction costs, and minimizing regulation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Small Business - General |
| Dewey: 338.9 |
| LCCN: 98-51488 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.00 lbs) 177 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Are Small Firms Important? Their Role and Impact proposes and supports the claim that small firms make two indispensable contributions to the economy. First, they are an integral part of the renewal process that pervades market economies. New and small firms play a crucial role in experimentation and innovation that leads to technological change, productivity and economic growth. Second, small firms are the essential mechanism by which millions enter the economic and social mainstream of American society. The public policy implications for sustained economic growth and social well-being is the continued high-level creation of new and small firms by all segments of society. It should be the role of government policy to facilitate that process by eliminating entry barriers, lowering transaction costs, and minimizing regulation. |