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Advancing Firm Growth Research: A Focus on Growth Mode Instead of Growth Rate
Ist Teil von
Entrepreneurship theory and practice, 2010-03, Vol.34 (2), p.261-288
Ort / Verlag
Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2010
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The development of firm growth research has been notably slow. In this paper, we argue that a major reason for this lack of development is the impatience of researchers to prematurely address the question of “how much?” before adequately providing answers to the question “how?” On the basis of an extensive review of the literature, we suggest how growth research can advance by changing focus to growth mode (organic, acquisition, hybrid). Toward this end, we provide a research agenda that helps establish the types of questions that growth researchers can ask within this new focus.