Edited by Helena Lenihan, Department of Economics, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland, Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan, University of Limerick, Ireland and Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany and Mark Hart, Economics and Strategy Group, Aston Business School, Aston University, UK

• Contents:Preface1. SMEs in a Globalised World: Conceptual IssuesHelena Lenihan, Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan and Mark Hart PART I: KEY DRIVERS OF A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE SME SECTOR IN THE EU2. Why do SMEs Grow? A Rejection of Gibrat’s Law for Spanish Firms (1994–2002)Mercedes Teruel-Carrizosa3. Access of Small Firms to Knowledge Networks as a Determinant of Local Economic DevelopmentMiren Larrea, Alazne Mujika and Mari Jose Aranguren4. Innovation Behaviour of Spanish Fashion Manufacturing SMEsJosé L. Calvo and Angel L. Culebras de Mesa5. Family-based Firms: Evidence from the Portuguese Furniture and Events Organisation IndustriesVitor Braga and Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan6. Forms of Industrial Development in Chinese Specialized Towns and Types of Challenges to European Manufacturing SMEs: An Italian PerspectiveMarco Bellandi and Annalisa CaloffiPART II: MNEs, SMEs AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT7. MNE Subsidiaries, Productivity Spillovers and SMEsRita Buckley8. Entrepreneurship and Inward Foreign Direct Investment in PortugalNatália Barbosa and Vasco Eiriz9. The Large Leader Firm: Good or Bad? A Case Study of a Leader Firm–Supplier RelationshipHelen McGrath and David Jacobson 10. Dynamics of the SME Sector in Ireland: A Driver of Growth in the Irish Economy Since 1994?Helena Lenihan, Briga Hynes and Mark HartIndex

Edited by Helena Lenihan, Department of Economics, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland, Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan, University of Limerick, Ireland and Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany and Mark Hart, Economics and Strategy Group, Aston Business School, Aston University, UK

• Contents:Preface1. SMEs in a Globalised World: Conceptual IssuesHelena Lenihan, Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan and Mark Hart PART I: KEY DRIVERS OF A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE SME SECTOR IN THE EU2. Why do SMEs Grow? A Rejection of Gibrat’s Law for Spanish Firms (1994–2002)Mercedes Teruel-Carrizosa3. Access of Small Firms to Knowledge Networks as a Determinant of Local Economic DevelopmentMiren Larrea, Alazne Mujika and Mari Jose Aranguren4. Innovation Behaviour of Spanish Fashion Manufacturing SMEsJosé L. Calvo and Angel L. Culebras de Mesa5. Family-based Firms: Evidence from the Portuguese Furniture and Events Organisation IndustriesVitor Braga and Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan6. Forms of Industrial Development in Chinese Specialized Towns and Types of Challenges to European Manufacturing SMEs: An Italian PerspectiveMarco Bellandi and Annalisa CaloffiPART II: MNEs, SMEs AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT7. MNE Subsidiaries, Productivity Spillovers and SMEsRita Buckley8. Entrepreneurship and Inward Foreign Direct Investment in PortugalNatália Barbosa and Vasco Eiriz9. The Large Leader Firm: Good or Bad? A Case Study of a Leader Firm–Supplier RelationshipHelen McGrath and David Jacobson 10. Dynamics of the SME Sector in Ireland: A Driver of Growth in the Irish Economy Since 1994?Helena Lenihan, Briga Hynes and Mark HartIndex

Edited by Helena Lenihan, Department of Economics, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland, Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan, University of Limerick, Ireland and Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany and Mark Hart, Economics and Strategy Group, Aston Business School, Aston University, UK

• Contents:Preface1. SMEs in a Globalised World: Conceptual IssuesHelena Lenihan, Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan and Mark Hart PART I: KEY DRIVERS OF A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE SME SECTOR IN THE EU2. Why do SMEs Grow? A Rejection of Gibrat’s Law for Spanish Firms (1994–2002)Mercedes Teruel-Carrizosa3. Access of Small Firms to Knowledge Networks as a Determinant of Local Economic DevelopmentMiren Larrea, Alazne Mujika and Mari Jose Aranguren4. Innovation Behaviour of Spanish Fashion Manufacturing SMEsJosé L. Calvo and Angel L. Culebras de Mesa5. Family-based Firms: Evidence from the Portuguese Furniture and Events Organisation IndustriesVitor Braga and Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan6. Forms of Industrial Development in Chinese Specialized Towns and Types of Challenges to European Manufacturing SMEs: An Italian PerspectiveMarco Bellandi and Annalisa CaloffiPART II: MNEs, SMEs AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT7. MNE Subsidiaries, Productivity Spillovers and SMEsRita Buckley8. Entrepreneurship and Inward Foreign Direct Investment in PortugalNatália Barbosa and Vasco Eiriz9. The Large Leader Firm: Good or Bad? A Case Study of a Leader Firm–Supplier RelationshipHelen McGrath and David Jacobson 10. Dynamics of the SME Sector in Ireland: A Driver of Growth in the Irish Economy Since 1994?Helena Lenihan, Briga Hynes and Mark HartIndex