This volume provides a comprehensive analytic contribution to a crucial topic within development economics based on 15 years of continued data collection and research efforts. It brings together nine up-to-date studies on SME development in a coherent framework to help persuade national and...

General introduction -- Small firms and innovation -- Biotechnology and small firms -- The Brazilian policy for biotechnology -- The Brazilian institutional framework in biotechnology -- Small biotechnology firms in Brazil -- University and small biotechnology firms in Brazil -- SBFs linkages...