Introduction - SMEs and regional growth, Bernard Fingleton, Ayda Eraydin and Raffaele Paci. Regional Growth at the European Scale: Non-orthodox approaches to European regional growth modelling - a review, Bernard Fingleton; Growth and convergence across economies - the experience of the European regions, Enrique Lopez-Bazo; Disparities in economic growth and unemployment across the European regions - a sectoral perspective, Raffaele Paci, Francesco Pigliaru and Maurizio Pugno; Dynamics and agents of regional growth - the performance of SME clusters in Europe, Ayda Eraydin. SMEs and Regional Development at the National Scale: Accounting and modelling SMEs in the regional economy, Bjarne Madsen and Chris Jensen-Butler; Norwegian regional development and the role of SMEs, Steinar Johansen; Regional development and SMEs in Ireland, Eoin O'Malley and Edgar Morgenroth; Small and medium-sized business as a regional development factor in Lithuania, Vytautas Snieska, Regina Virvilaite, Jurate Banyte, Vaida Kvainauskaite and Asta Savaneviciene; The role of SMEs and the regional development of the Czech Republic, Beran Vaclac and Jana Frkova. Case studies on SMEs and Regional Development: The changing role of SMEs in the regional growth process - the case of Denizli, Bilge Armatli Koroglu and Burak Beyhan; Small entrepreneurs in Medimurje - between tradition and challenges of new forms of cooperation, Drago Cengic; Small and medium enterprises and their role in the innovative environment of the Bratislava region, Jana Gasparikova, Milan Bucek and Stefan Rehak; Spatial industrial dynamics in the Uddevalla local labour market region - an application of the lead-lag model, Charlie Karlsson and Martin Andersson.