1. New Firm Formation and Regional Economic Development: An introduction and review of the Scottish experience

   • Michael W. Danson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 87

2. Early life-cycle behaviour of micro-firms in Scotland

   • Gavin C Reid

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 95

3. Job generation and new and small firms: Some evidence from the late 1980s

   • Mark Hart
   • Eric Hanvey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 109

4. Employment change in independent owner-managed high-technology firms in Great Britain

   • Paul Westhead
   • Marc Cowling

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 140

5. Factors influencing take-up rates on the Loan Guarantee Scheme

   • Marc Cowling
   • Nick Clay

   OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 152

6. Closing the regional equity capital gap: The role of informal venture capital

   • Colin M. Mason
   • Richard T. Harrison

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 172