ROBERT J. MCINTYRE is a Professor of Economics and currently Senior Researcher at the Institute for International Economic and Political Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, as well as a Senior Economist with the United Nations Development Programme. He has published numerous articles and books, including Reproductive Behaviour: Central and Eastern European Experience and Bulgaria: Political Economy and Society. - BRUNO DALLAGO is Professor of Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems at the University of Trento, Italy and Director of the Masters in Local Development for the Balkans. He is the author and editor of several books and articles and has been a consultant to many international organizations.

'This informative collection surveys the emergence of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in transitional economies...the reader who delves further into the individual case studies will find a variety of experiences, which presents us with puzzles and invite further empirical testing...In sum, there is much to learn from these careful case studies.' - Judith Thornton, University of Washington, Europe-Asia Studies '...the editors Bruno Dallago and Robert McIntyre managed to mobilize several excellent specialists of the post socialist small business development with success. It became clear from the essays that the participants of this project had accumulated great knowledge of transitional economies and the development of the SME sector.' - Mihaly Laki, Acta Oeconomica, Periodical of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

• List of Tables and Figures List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Small Enterprises in Transition Economies: Causal Puzzles and Policy-Relevant Research; R.J.McIntyre The Historical Role of the SME Sector in Developing and Developed Capitalist States; Z.J.Acs The Complex Ecology of Small Enterprise Systems; R.J.McIntyre Small Business, Survival Strategies and the Shadow Economy; S.Glinkina Entrepreneurship and Proprietorship in Transition: Policy Implications for the SME Sector; R.Scase SME Development in Hungary: Legacy, Transition and Policy; B.Dallago SME Development in Poland: Policy and Sustainability; A.Surdej The Development of Small Entrepreneurship in Russia; V.Radaev Ownership Reform in the Absence of Crisis: China's Township, Village and Private Enterprises; L.Sun Transition to a Market and Entrepreneurship: Systemic Factors and Policy Options; G.W.Kolodko Privatization Approaches: Effects on SME Creation and Performance; M.Uvalic The Role of Financing in the Growth of the SME Sector: The Case of Hungary; L.Csaba Conclusions: The Role of Public Policy in SME Development; B.Dallago & R.J.McIntyre