1. Publisher's note

   Announcement Pages: iii - iii

2. Heterogeneous ability, career choice and firm size

   • Sharon Gifford

   OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 259

3. The effectiveness of reward systems on innovative output: An empirical analysis

   • Sandra Honig-Haftel
   • Linda R. Martin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 269

4. Strategic partnering between new technology based firms and large established firms in the biotechnology and micro-electronics industries in Belgium

   • Jean -Pierre Segers

   OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 281

5. Firm size effects on transaction costs

   • Bart Nooteboom

   OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 295

6. Competitive positioning and innovative efforts in SMEs

   • L. A. Lefebvre
   • E. Lefebvre

   OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 305

7. Small firms and technological development in the food processing machinery industry: The case of pasta and other cereal derivative machines in Italy

   • Secondo Rolfo
   • Paolo Vaglio
   • Giampaolo Vitali

   OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 317

8. Comment on “small firms and merger mania”

   • David T. Levy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 322

9. Reply on comment to “small firms and the merger mania”

   • Karl Aiginger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 330

10. Book reviews

    • Richard A. Fey
    • Felix Fitzroy

    BookReview Pages: 331 - 335

11. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 337 - 338