Research Issues Relating to Structure, Competition, and Performance of Small Technology-Based Firms

The role that small firms play in industrial organization has evolved considerably since the second world war. This paper seeks to document how and why small business plays a very different role in industrial organization research today than it did some three decades ago.

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