Change in SMEs

Why should the Varieties Literature Grant Smaller Firms more Attention? An Introduction; K.Bluhm& R.Schmidt PART I: CHANGING FINANCING, OWNERSHIP AND FIRM MANAGEMENT The Power of Financial Markets: What does that Mean and how does it Work for Different Categories of Companies?; J.Kädtler& M.Faust Change within Traditional Channels: German SMEs, the Restructuring of the Banking Sector, and the Growing Shareholder-value Orientation; K.Bluhm& B.Martens Corporate Financing, Management and Organization: An Anglo-German Comparison; M.Geppert& B.Martens Stakeholder or Shareholder Orientation? Entrepreneurial Careers and Value Preferences of Entrepreneurs in East Germany; R.Lang SMEs in France: Perspectives and New Generation of Small Business Owners; A.Fayolle& S.Fattoum Family Business and Family Change: The End of Patriarchalism; H.Kotthoff PART II: SMES IN GLOBALIZED PRODUCTION NETWORKS SMEs in the Global Economy: A Comparison of the Global Production Networks of German and British Clothing Firms; C.Lane& J.Probert Flexibility and Formalization: Rethinking Space and Governance in Corporations and Manufacturing Regions; G.Herrigel Innovation Strategies of Non-research SMEs in Europe: H.Hirsch-Kreinsen From the 'Wild West' Towards Europe: SMEs in Poland: T.Borkowski& A.Marcinkowski PART III: LABOUR RELATIONS IN CHANGE Structural Changes and New Forms of Social Regulation in the 'Third Italy': V.Telljohann Polish SMEs at a Crossroads: Market Strategies and Labour Relations in Global Competition: R-E.Lungwitz, M.Wannöffel&Y.Rückert Unravelling Regulation: How Production Relocation to the East Impacts the German Model of Labour Relations; M.Fichter Irregular Forms of Interest Representation in SMEs: A German-French Comparison; I.Artus Social Relationships in German SMEs: An East-west Comparison; R.Schmidt