Innovation and Small Firms

摘要: Utilizing a unique data set, Zoltan Acs and David Audretsch provide rich empirical analysis of the increased importance small firms in generating technological innovations their growing contribution to U.S. economy. They identify contributions made by both large innovative process manner which market structure, firm-size distribution particular, responds change. The authors' relies on traditional theories industrial organization tests existing hypotheses, many them previously untested due constraints.Innovation Small Firms brings together two bases recently released U. S. Business Administration - one directly measuring activity for firms, other providing detailed census economic all manufacturing plants across broad spectrum industries.Acs describe evaluate context literature innovation, firm size. present findings presence small-firm entry manufacturing, growth flexible technology, mobility compare static dynamic measures viability address relationships between R&D, productivity, analyze interaction regimes role government innovation.Zoltan is an Associate Professor Economics at Merrick School Business, University Baltimore. Research Fellow Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung West Berlin.