Economic policy and firm growth - Micro-econometric studies at the firm level KU Leuven
In the last decades, both policy makers in industrialized countries and academic scholars have broadly acknowledged the importance of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) as backbone of the economic system in addition to the dominating large firms leading world markets. Particularly small, young high-tech companies have been identified as major source for future growth opportunities and welfare. However, these companies are also known to ...