<title/> This paper explores the recent evolution of funding for New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs) in the UK, with particular concern for the post-1980 period. Special attention is placed upon the relationship between public and private sector funding, and the ways in which these different funding...

OAKEY R. P., JAMES A. and WATTS T. (1998) Regional sub-contract suppliers to prime defence contractors: evidence of their performance in response to recent changes in demand, Reg. Studies 32 , 17-29. There is considerable evidence that technological change occurs unevenly over geographical...

There is a growing body of literature concerning the impact of clustering on the economic efficiency of high technology small firm operation. By considering high technology firms within the emerging nonbroadcast visual communications (NBVC) sector, this paper seeks to explore business linkage...

<title>Abstract</title> Over many years government interest has persisted in the general funding problems of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This concern has often concentrated on capital market failure in particular niche areas of the funding market. This paper has resulted from a specific interest...