Sarmento, ElsaNunes, Alcina2014-10-292014-10-292012Sarmento, Elsa de Morais; Nunes, Alcina (2012). Employer enterprises in Portugal: size distribution dynamics. In Bonnet, Jean; Dejardin, Marcus; Madrid-Guijarro, Antonia (eds.) The Shift To The Entrepreneurial Society: A Built Economy in Education, Sustainability and Regulation. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. p.242-259. ISBN 978-0-85793-893-0978-0-85793-893-0http://hdl.handle.net/10198/11182Firm size distribution has always drawn a great deal of attention in Portugal, often related to the so- called lack of performance and competitiveness of Portuguese enterprises, in comparison to bigger sized international fi rms, which is thought to be due to the overall small dimension of the internal market (especially for nontradeables) and to the country’s type of specialization model.engbook part