Introduction
Part 1. The small business sector in the midst of structural change
Chapter 1. The changing small business environment
Section 1 Long-term changes in the business environment
Section 2 Transformation of the dual structure of the economy and diversification of the small business sector
Chapter 2. The actual state and diversity of the small business sector
Section 1 The importance of the small business sector
Section 2 Productivity in the small business sector
Section 3 Wage and employment structure
Section 4 The pattern of financing in the small business sector
Section 5 Research and development in the small business sector
Chapter 3. Reasons for variation among SMEs
Section 1 Variation in business performance
Section 2 Causes of variation in business performance
Chapter 4. Corporate governance, corporate behavior and business performance in the small business sector
Section 1 SME governance structure
Section 2 The disciplining effects of the market
Section 3 Discipline exerted by interested parties
Section 4 Internal discipline
Section 5 Corporate structure and business efficiency
Chapter 5. Regional economies and SMEs
Section 1 SMEs and regional features
Section 2 Industrial agglomeration and its effects
Chapter 6. Long-term trends in the small business sector
Section 1 Start-up and closure trends
Section 2 Growth
Section 3 Changes in employment
Chapter 7. Start-up and subsequent business performance
Section 1 Trends in desire to establish a business and background factors
Section 2 Reasons for founding businesses and impediments to start-ups
Section 3 Causes of business success and failure
Section 4 The importance of the catalytic functions underlying entrepreneurial activity
Section 5 Problems after start-up
Part 2. Recent trends in the small business sector
Chapter 1. Business trends in the small business sector
Section 1 Business trends in the small business sector
Section 2 Management trends in the small business sector
Section 3 Trends in capital investment in the small business sector
Section 4 Employment trends
Chapter 2. The financing environment during recession
Section 1 Financing environment grows more severe
Section 2 Reasons for the deterioration of the financing environment and future outlook
Chapter 3. The global economy and the small business sector
Chapter 4. Challenges facing the small business sector and responses
Section 1 The spread of information technology
Section 2 The Y2K problem
Section 3 The response of the small business sector to deregulation
Conclusion:Toward an age of business innovation and new start-ups
The focus of small business policy in fiscal 1999
Fiscal 1998:Main features of the Government's small business policy
Supplementary tables
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