D.Storey and S. Johnosn are with the ceter for urban and regional Development studies at the univerisity of Newcasste upon Tyne, England. Theri paper reviews recent studies on job generation by smal firms in Britain and takes a critical view of research which lays claim to support the job creation characteristics often claimed for the small business, sector in particular they examine the work of and stewrt also of the Newcastle univeristy which is based on Dun and Bradastreet data, as were the earlier major studies in the United states of America the autor find that there are significant difference between the result obtained by United States researches, notbly birch, and laso to lesser extent by the Broking group and by United kingdom research, on the role of enterpreneurship and small business in depressed regions, in genral the US result suggest the small buisnes are stron in decling regions and a force leding to a rival of economic activity in such area.s in Contrast UK research ahve assertd that small buisness proper relatively well in the prosperous regions but perfomr porly in the less prosperous regions.
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