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1. Introduction  Part 1: Business Formation  2. The Founders of New Manufacturing Firms: A Note on the Size of their ‘Incubator’ Plants with D.G. Cathcart  3. Firm Formation in Manufacturing Industry with J. Creedy  4. How Good are the UK VAT Registration Data at Measuring Firm Births? C. Conway  Part 2: Regional Issues  5. New Manufacturing Firms and Regional Development: Some Evidence from the Northern Region with D.G. Cathcart  6. Spatial Variations in the Determinants and Effects of Firm Births and Deaths with S. Parker  7. Differences in Regional Firm Formation Rates: A Decomposition Analysis  Part 3: Employment  8. Unemployment and Self-Employment: A Survey  9. New Firms and Employment Creation with R.B.Thomas  10. Employment Change in the Small Establishment Sector in UK Manufacturing  Part 4: Growth and Development  11. How Good are Small Firms at Predicting Employment? with J. Ashworth and C. Conway  12 Small Business Growth in the Short Run with C. Conway and P. Kattuman  13. The Size-Age-Growth Relationship in Not-for-Profit Tourist Attractions: Evidence from UK Museums  Part 5: Policy  14. Government Policies towards Business Formation: An Economic Appraisal of a Training Scheme with R.B. Thomas  15. Targeting Firm Births and Economic Regeneration in a Lagging Region  16. Some Reflections