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List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements;1. Introduction Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch; 2. Industrialconcentration and small firms in the United Kingdom: the 1980s in historicalperspective Alan Hughes; 3. The role of small firms in West Germany MichaelFritsch; 4. Has the role of small firms changed in the United States? ZoltanJ. Acs and David B. Audretsch; 5. Recent developments in the firm-sizedistribution and economics of scale in Dutch manufacturing Roy Thurik; 6.Small firms in Portuguese manufacturing industries Jose Mata; 7. Small firmsand the Italian economy: structural changes and evidence of turbulence B.Invernizzi and Riccardo Revelli; 8. The role of small firms in Czechoslovakmanufacturing Gerald A. McDermott and Michal Mejstrik; 9. The evolution ofsmall business in East Germany Hans-Gerd Bannasch; 10. The implications ofthe Polish economic reform for small business: evidence from Gdansk SimonJohnson and Gary Loveman; 11. The development experience and governmentpolicies: lessons for Eastern Europe? Hans-Peter Brunner; 12. ConclusionZoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch; Index.