Recent studies have suggested that most firms do not grow, and that a small number of high-growth firms create most new … jobs. High-growth firms have therefore attracted an increasing amount of attention from researchers and policymakers … Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently recommended that high-growth firms should be defined as …

observe high growth firms. An increase in the industry-wide entry rate and an increase in market growth, by contrast, havw …

Most firms do not grow, and a small number of high-growth firms seem to create most new jobs. These firms have … this question using data on 432,689 observations in Sweden during 1997-2008. We find that high-growth firms had declining …