Table of Contents:
  • Small enterprises in transition economies : causal puzzles and policy-relevant research / Robert J. McIntyre
  • Historical role of the SME sector in developing and developed capitalist states / Zoltan J. Acs
  • Complex ecology of small enterprise systems / Robert J. McIntyre
  • Small business, survival strategies and the shadow economy / Svetlana Glinkina
  • Entrepreneurship and proprietorship in transition : policy implications for the SME sector / Richard Scase
  • SME development in Hungary : legacy, transition and policy / Bruno Dallago
  • SME development in Poland : policy and sustainability / Aleksander Surdej.
  • Development of small entrepreneurship in Russia / Vadim Radaev
  • Ownership reform in the absence of crisis : China's township, village and private enterprises / Laixiang Sun
  • Transition to a market and entrepreneurship : systemic factors and policy options / Grzègorz W. Kolodko
  • Privatization approaches : effects on SME creation and performance / Milica Uvalic
  • Role of financing in the growth of the SME sector : the case of Hungary / László Csaba
  • Conclusion, Role of public policy in SME development / Bruno Dallago and Robert J. McIntyre.