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Introduction: small firms, networked firms and innovation systems - anintroduvtion, Eirik Vatne, Michael Taylor. Part I Small firms versus largefirms - efficiency, flexibility and industrial policy: small and medium sizedenterprises in space - the plural economy, Sergio Conti; industrial networkformation and regulation - the case of Japan's SME policy, Yuko Aoyama. PartII The role of smaller firms in complex production systems: challenges forsmall firm sub-contracting in an era of global supply chain restructuring,Poul Rind Christensen; industrial change and local competitive advantage -industrial production systems in Turin, Paolo Giaccaria; sub-contractors,supplier parks and supply chain management - the case of Volvo's Arendalsupplier park, Claes G. Alvstam, Anders Larsson; the unresolved question ofnew versus old - technological change and organizational response in theGerman chemical industry, Harald Bathelt. Part III Localized resources andlocalized learning - a competitive advantage?: localized knowledge,interactive learning and innovation - between regional networks and globalcorporations, Bjorn T. Asheim, Arne Isaksen; enterprise, power andembeddedness - an empirical exploration, Michael Taylor; explaining theinternationalization of SME's - the importance of internal and localresources, Heikki Eskelinen, Eirik Vatne; decline and renewal in industrialdistricts - the exit strategies of SME's in German industrial districts, EikeSchamp; modernizing the industrial district - rejuvenation or managerialcolonization?, Bengt Johnnisson.