Innovation, Industry Evolution and Employment offers a fresh cross-disciplinary approach to employment creation and economic growth.

1. Introduction David Audretsch and Roy Thurik; 2. Wages, firm size and wage inequality how much do exports matter Bee Yan Aw and Geeta Batra; 3. Trade, technology, and wage differentials in the Canadian manufacturing sector John Baldwin and Mohammed Rafiquzzaman; 4. Industrial structure and economic growth Martin Carree and Roy Thurik; 5. The impact of competition on productivity in Dutch manufacturing Marcel Lever and Henry Nieuwenhuijsen; 6. Does cash flow cause investment and R and D? An exploration using panel data for French, Japanese, and United States scientific firms Jacques Mairesse, Bronwyn Hall, Lee Branstetter and Bruno Crepon; 7. Innovation, cooperation, and the region Michael Fritsch and Rolf Lukas; 8. Industry clusters: biotechnology/biomedicine and polymers in Ohio and Sweden Bo Carlsson and Pontus Braunerhjelm; 9. How and why does knowledge spill over in biotechnology? David Audretsch and Paula Stephan; 10. Do services differ from manufacturing? The post-entry performance of firms in Dutch services David Audretsch, Luuk Klomp, and Roy Thurik; 11. Who exits from German manufacturing industries and why? Evidence from the Hannover Firm Panel study Joachim Wagner; 12. Technology intensity, demand conditions, and the longevity of firms José Mata and Pedro Portugal; 13. Does startup size influence the likelihood of survival? David Audretsch, Enrico Santarelli and Marco Vivarelli; 14. Barriers to growth of firms in developing countries: evidence from Burundi Micheline Goedhuys and Leo Sleuwaegen; Index.