Bibliography on small firms, entrepreneurship and job creation

see also especially the EQUAL compendium on inclusive entrepreneurship

R. Berger (ed.) 1982 Investing in America, Initiatives for community and economic development,

David Birch 1983 Job-creation in America, how our smallest companies put the most people to work Free Press, Macmillan,

Rolf Hickman 1988 The job creation Process, a synthesis of US Research and Avenues for a European Approach

The role of SMEs was popularised by books like:

Schumacher’s 1980 ‘Small is beautiful’

G.Mc Robie’s 1981 ‘Small is Possible’

Reports and articles reporting results of national and regional investigations and – often comparative – surveys – in and within Member States were published over the 90s by the Entrepreneurial and Regional Development Journal and other academic reviews, together with DG EMPL and OECD reports and publications.

EC 1981 The development of employment policies, SMEs and job creation in the E.C. Université Dauphine

G. Todd 1984) Creating new Jobs in Europe (UK, FR and NL), how local initiative works. The Economist Intelligence Service

CENSIS (Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali) 1984 Dal sommerso al post industriale, evoluzione delle piccole e medie imprese industrialiFranco Angel

D. Karsten 1985 Job creation schemes in the EC, report for the CEC. Bonn University,

Keeble D and Wever E. 1988 New firms and regional development in EuropeCroom Helm, London

R Brunetta e A. Salghetti-Drioli 1988 L’impresa possibile, modelli e processi di job cereation in Italaia e nei paesi industrializzati. Isfol, Marsilio Editori

Peter Lloyd and Peter Ramsden 1999 Local enterprises in enterprising localitiesCEC DG Regio

Medeiros, C.L. (ed.), As artes e oficios tradicionais e as microempresas no desenvolvimento local, sociedade Astoria limitada, Lisboa 1997

J. Arocena et al 1983 La création d’entreprise, un enjeu localNotes et Etudes documentaires, La documentation française

Drucker P : 1985) Innovation and Entrepreneurship, practices and principles. Heineman

OECD 1998 Fostering Entrepreneurship

OECD 2005 Entrepreneurship and Local economic development

Carbognin M. 1999 Il campo di fragole, reti di imprese e reti di persone nelle imprese sociali italiane, Franco Angeli, Milano

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