SMEs in a Globalised World

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