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"This doctoral dissertation focuses on the formation, growth and discontinuance of business firms and business populations in Sweden during the 20th century. It addresses some key issues in the domain of economic and social sciences and in entrepreneurship and small business research: if, why and when firms grow, stagnate and contract, as well as how long firms survive and why they disband." "The dissertation assumes a micro-to-macro, longitudinal and population approach. It combines sources, methods and approaches from economic history, business history and demography, with those of entrepreneurship and small business research. The study combines internal, firm-specific explanations to firm growth and survival with external explanations, such as macroeconomic conditions. Additionally, it employs unique empirical data on business firms, with an observation period of over one hundred years. The perspectives and methodology applied in the dissertation can be viewed as complementary to earlier approaches in entrepreneurship and small business research."--BOOK JACKET.