′This book is well balanced and easy to understand. The reader has a sense of what the book is trying to achieve, and the collection of papers make for a stimulating discussion of current thinking and research on the small firm sector. It is a book to be recommended′ - Regional Studies

• Introduction, Current Policy Issues and Recommendations - Francis Chittenden and Kevin Caley A Comparison of Surviving and Non-Surviving Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Firms in London during the 1980’s - David North, Roger Leigh and David Smallbone Training in SMEs - Steve Johnson and Andrew Gubbins Lessons from North YorkshireEntrepreneurship and Flexibility in Business Services - David Keeble, John Bryson and Peter Wood The Rise of Small Management Consultancy and Market Research Firms in the UKGrowth Orientation and the Small Firm - Colin Gray Runners, Fallers and Plodders - Robert MacDonald Youth and the Enterprise CultureNew Players in the ′Enterprise Culture′? - David Storey and Adam Strange A Typology of Business Owners and Their Orientation towards Growth - Elizabeth Chell and Jean Haworth Legal Form, Tax and the Micro-Business - Judith Freedman and Michael Godwin A Strategy for Closing the Small Firms′ Finance Gap - Colin Mason and Richard Harrison The Flexibility of Small Business Family Work Strategies - Jane WheelockCutting New Patterns for Small Firms Research - Ruth Holliday Using Ethnography in Small Firms Research - Gary Stockport and Andrew Kakabadse