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In the past, SMEs were considered unproductive, marginal firms. They were assumed to be either enterprises at the very beginning of their life-cycle, working especially in infant industries, or unsuccessfull stories, surviving at the margin of the modern economy.
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Bianchi, P. (2000). Policies for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). In: Elsner, W., Groenewegen, J. (eds) Industrial Policies After 2000. Recent Economic Thought, vol 72. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3996-0_11
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