Part 1: Background 1. Small Firm Inception and Growth 2. Database Construction and Use 3. Main Quantitative Features of Database Part 2: Existing Evidence 4. Growth and Survival of Micro-Firms 5. Funding Shortages Part 3: Finance 6. Modelling Financial Structure 7. Capital Structure at Inception 8. Trajectories of Financial Structure Part 4: Performance 9. The Morphology of Performance 10. Strategy and Structure of Performance 11. Actions and Outcomes

In this extended and novel entrepreneurial analysis of small firm inception and growth, a leading authority in the field develops a new kind of 'micro-micro' analysis, applying rigorous methods from economics, accounting and finance to gain a deeper understanding of micro-firms, examining performance, hierarchy, capital structure, monitoring and control, flexibility, innovation, and information systems.