Marco Vivarelli, Ph.D. in Economics and Ph.D. in Science and Technology Policy, is full professor of Economic Policy at the Catholic University (Milano) and Research Fellow at IZA (Bonn), the Max Planck Institute of Economics (Jena) and CSGR (Warwick University)..

• 1. Introduction  2. The Birth of New Business Enterprises  3. Determinants of New-Firm Start-Ups in Italy  4. Start-Up Size and Industrial Dynamics  5. The Relationship betwen Size and Growth  6. Does Gibrat's Law Hold Among Young Small Firms?  7. Is Subsidizing Entry an Optimal Policy?  8. The Link between Entry Decision and Post-Entry Performance  9. The Role of Innovation in the Post-Entry Performance of New Small Firms  10. Are all the Potential Entrepreneurs so Good?  11. Conclusions

Marco Vivarelli, Ph.D. in Economics and Ph.D. in Science and Technology Policy, is full professor of Economic Policy at the Catholic University (Milano) and Research Fellow at IZA (Bonn), the Max Planck Institute of Economics (Jena) and CSGR (Warwick University)..

• 1. Introduction  2. The Birth of New Business Enterprises  3. Determinants of New-Firm Start-Ups in Italy  4. Start-Up Size and Industrial Dynamics  5. The Relationship betwen Size and Growth  6. Does Gibrat's Law Hold Among Young Small Firms?  7. Is Subsidizing Entry an Optimal Policy?  8. The Link between Entry Decision and Post-Entry Performance  9. The Role of Innovation in the Post-Entry Performance of New Small Firms  10. Are all the Potential Entrepreneurs so Good?  11. Conclusions

Marco Vivarelli, Ph.D. in Economics and Ph.D. in Science and Technology Policy, is full professor of Economic Policy at the Catholic University (Milano) and Research Fellow at IZA (Bonn), the Max Planck Institute of Economics (Jena) and CSGR (Warwick University)..

• 1. Introduction  2. The Birth of New Business Enterprises  3. Determinants of New-Firm Start-Ups in Italy  4. Start-Up Size and Industrial Dynamics  5. The Relationship betwen Size and Growth  6. Does Gibrat's Law Hold Among Young Small Firms?  7. Is Subsidizing Entry an Optimal Policy?  8. The Link between Entry Decision and Post-Entry Performance  9. The Role of Innovation in the Post-Entry Performance of New Small Firms  10. Are all the Potential Entrepreneurs so Good?  11. Conclusions