Acronyms used. Preface. About the author. Overview. Industrial transformation and small enterprise. The importance of policy analysis for efficient enterprise. Scale and development. Small and medium enterprise in the industrial transformation. Dynamic and cross-sectional perspectives. Transformation at the firm level: The Bird, Growth and Phoenixlike Rebirth of SSEs. \"Hard\" and \"So ft\" employment. Enterprise efficiency, by scale and sector. Large-and small-scale interdependence. Trades and small enterprises. Small enterprises and the environment. Policy impacts on small enterprises. Some particular on biases. The \"Small Firm Growth Trap\", \"Missing Middle\", and aggregated effects of policy discontinuities. The costs of a conglomerate emphasis. Policy reform priorities. Level the playing field or not. Differential policies for \"Hard\" and \"Soft\" states. Alternative strategies. Hard state alternative I. Hard state altenative II. For the soft state. The African case. Policy reform tactics: Brief Comments. Concluding comments. Endnotes

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