Zoltan J. Acs, Bo Carlsson and Charlie Karlsson (eds.): Entrepreneurship, Sma…

Entrepreneurship and small business have received strong public policy and academic interest in the last 15 years. It has been claimed that small firms are the source of considerable innovative activity, generating many new jobs and playing an important role in industrial evolution. This has obvious consequences at the macroeconomic level. Countries that encourage entrepreneurship and free entr…