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This paper introduces the special issue of Small Business Economics on Innovation. What binds the papers together is either their focus on the effect of firm size on the causes and consequences of innovation or their focus on the role small firms play in reshaping the industrial landscape.
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Thurik, A.R. Introduction: Innovation and small business. Small Bus Econ 8, 175–176 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388645
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