For a Booming Economy, Bet on High Growth Firms, Not Small Businesses

Just adding SMEs is a problem, not a solution

by

Daniel Isenberg

and

Ross Brown

by

Daniel Isenberg

and

Ross Brown

February 03, 2014

“Small business is the backbone of our economy.” President Barack Obama, August 17, 2010

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Daniel Isenberg is president of Entrepreneurship Policy Advisors and adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and Babson. He is also the author of the book, Worthless, Impossible, and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value (July 2013).
RB

Dr. Ross Brown is Lecturer at the School of Management, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom. He is a researcher and expert on high-growth entrepreneurship and public policy.

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