, ranging from the demise of the communist system, increased globalization, new competition for multinational firms and higher …

firm growth, survival, size and age. While these studies have resulted in findings that aresufficiently consistent as to … therelationships between firm age and size on the one hand, and survival and growth on the other may, infact, not be the same in …. The resultssuggest that the most fundamental relationships between firm size, age, survival and growth arestrikingly …

competition with their larger counterparts. Inthis paper we test the validity of these theories by examining the extent to which …

been conducive to economic growth and job creation. Our empirical analysis links the stage of the transition towards an … entrepreneurial economy to the growth rates of European countries over a recent period. We find that those countries which have … introduced a greater element of entrepreneurship have been rewarded with additional growth. …