© Helena Lenihan, Bernadette Andreosso-O¿Callaghan and Mark Hart 2010. This insightful book shows how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from some of the traditionally less dynamic peripheral economies of the `old¿ EU - namely Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain - have responded to the twin challenges of globalisation and industrial restructuring. Through a series of unique case studies the contributing authors discuss how these economies, and in particular the SME sector, can be transformed.