Download or read book Fast Growing Firms in a Slow Growth Economy written by Francesca Visintin and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europe needs more innovative companies that grow quickly and end up big. This book examines SME growth, innovation and success, to suggest that fast growing firms could offer a major contribution to the recovery of a European economy. The contributors examine 11 case studies from Italian firms, breaking the book up into three parts: context, actors and strategy. The topics discussed include entrepreneurship and technological clusters, innovative start-ups and growth factors, and family firms as the incubators of new ventures.