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This paper provides an agency theoretic explanation for the economic value of the independent entrepreneurial firm. It demonstrates empirically that real economic growth in the U.S. economy was enhanced by growth in me prevalence of the independent entrepreneurial firm as an organizational form during the period 1947-1990.
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