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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bothner, M. S.

Titel

Relative size and firm growth in the global computer industry

Ist Teil von

• Industrial and corporate change, 2005-08, Vol.14 (4), p.617-638

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article examines the effect of relative size on rates of firm growth. Although a number of prior studies have sought to pinpoint the effect of firm size on future growth, such efforts have been focused almost exclusively on absolute size, thereby neglecting the ways in which a firm’s scale advantages with respect to its competitors may independently determine its performance. This study extends recent work in network analysis, strategy and organizational ecology by developing a localized measure of relative size and showing that relative size has a strong positive effect on future growth, net of absolute size. Implications for future research are discussed.