Session 5 - Joint Plenary 2

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Wednesday, 5th November 11.00 - 12.30

SME Development Policy – why do some businesses grow and others do not?

Session Chair:

Prof Anders Lundstrom, President,
Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research, Orebro, Sweden

Prof Zoltan Acs, School of Public Policy,
George Mason University, Washington, USA;

Editor Small Business Economics

Topic: The Growth Phenomenon - lessons from the USA

• The fast growth phenomenon – some facts

• Why are there such differences? What do we know?

• A USA perspective

Prof Koichi Ito, Department of Commerce & Economics,
Chiba University of Commerce, Japan

Topic: SME Alliances and Collaboration

• Management of SME Alliances

• A Key Japanese SME Policy

Prof Roy Thurik, Professor of Economics & Entrepreneurship,
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Topic: Entrepreneurial aspirations, motivations and their drivers

• entrepreneurship as a process

• aspirations and motivations

• – and then what

Prof Mark Hart, Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship,
Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK

Topic: New Venture Creation, Firm Growth and Enterprise Policy – making sense of the research evidence

• Dynamics of Job Creation in NI and the UK

• Economic Impact of New and Surviving Cohorts of Businesses

• Enterprise Policy – developing appropriate business support interventions

Question Time. To submit a question or comment please complete a Question Card. Write it out briefly and clearly, adding your name, organisation and country. Hand it to a Steward who will pass it to the Chairman who will select the most appropriate topics for discussion by the panel.

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