How firms grow and the influence of size and age/
Hamilton, Robert T.
How firms grow and the influence of size and age/ created by Robert T. Hamilton - International small business journal Volume 30, number 6 .
The growth process is revealed by tracing the diachronic paths followed by sixty growth firms over the period from 1994 through 2007. Initial employment size, rather than age, was found to have some bearing on the nature of the growth path. Smaller firms grew more often and with more continuity than larger firms. In the larger firms, growth occurred in relatively large isolated steps with little continuity. These findings have important implications for how this vital process is conceptualized and managed.
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Firm size--Firm growth
HD2341.167
How firms grow and the influence of size and age/ created by Robert T. Hamilton - International small business journal Volume 30, number 6 .
The growth process is revealed by tracing the diachronic paths followed by sixty growth firms over the period from 1994 through 2007. Initial employment size, rather than age, was found to have some bearing on the nature of the growth path. Smaller firms grew more often and with more continuity than larger firms. In the larger firms, growth occurred in relatively large isolated steps with little continuity. These findings have important implications for how this vital process is conceptualized and managed.
02662426
Firm size--Firm growth
HD2341.167