Preface -- 1 SME and Entrepreneurship Policies After the Crisis -- 2 The Italian Small- and Medium-Sized Firms in the Aftermath of the Crisis: Is there a New Model? -- 3 Industrial Policy for SMEs Renewal: The Opportunity of Service Platforms -- 4 Product Inovation and Corporate Governance in Turbulent Times. Evidence from Italian SMEs. 5 Access to Finance in the EURO Area: What are SMEs telling us About the Crisis? 6 Teh Great Recession of 2008-2009 -- 7 Examining the Impact of Credit Access on Small Firm Survivability -- 8 Title -- 9 Starting Smaller; Staying Smaller: America's Slow Leak in Job Creation -- 10 OECD Countries' Policy Approach to the SME Crisis in the Recent Recession -- 11 The Internationalization of Italian SME After the Crisis: New Opportunities or New Threats? -- 12 Guarantees and Bank-Loan Interest Rates in Italian Small-Sized Firms.