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2. Regional characteristics, opportunity perception and entrepreneurial activities

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3. Bank support and export: evidence from small Italian firms

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4. Ownership structure, horizontal agency costs and the performance of high-tech entrepreneurial firms

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5. Do small businesses create more jobs? New evidence for Europe

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6. Self-employment of older Americans: do recessions matter?

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7. Effect of R&D tax credits for SMEs in Japan: a microeconometric analysis focused on liquidity constraints

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8. The international mobility of billionaires

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9. How Swiss small and medium-sized firms assess the performance impact of mergers and acquisitions

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10. Financial disclosure by SMEs listed on a semi-regulated market: evidence from the Euronext Free Market

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11. The effect of innovation policy on SMEs’ employment and wages in Argentina

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12. Export behaviour of SMEs in transition countries

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