在很长一段时间里,西方中小企业常常被认为是历史遗留下来的陈物而得不到重视。特别是在五十年代和六十年代上半期所谓经济繁荣的年代,生气勃勃的大企业以巨大的生产力和技术进步显示了它们的优越性。当时,不论是企业家、银行家,还是许多经济学者都认为大企业是大生产和科技发展的最有效的形式,而对中小企业特别是小企业则不屑一顾。在西 For a long time, Western SMEs are often considered to be historical artifacts and they have not received attention. Especially in the so-called boom years of the fifties and the first half of the 1960s, large and dynamic companies showed their superiority with great productivity and technological progress. At that time, both entrepreneurs, bankers, and many economists believed that large enterprises were the most effective form of large-scale production and technological development, and they dismissed small and medium-sized enterprises, especially small ones. In the west