Prior studies have defined high-growth firms (HGFs) in terms of sales or employment, and analyzed their contribution to …, productivity and sales. Although HGFs of different definitions are usually not the same firms, young firms are more likely to be …

Empirical studies demonstrate that most net job-growth originates from a small number of high-growth firms (HGFs). The … data covering all firms in Sweden during 1993-2006. Firm growth is measured in terms of absolute employment growth …

The purpose of this paper is to study who high- growth firms (HGFs) hire using a matched employer-employee dataset for …

This paper investigates how family ownership, control, and management affect firms’ investment performance. We use the … in family firms, whereas descendant management has a negative impact on returns on investment. Having an externally hired … flow right has a negative impact on investment performance in both family and non-family firms, but the negative effect is …

By examining a large number of Swedish listed firms, we analyse how institutional and foreign owners affect investment … negative entrenchment effects. During the last decades the ownership structure of Swedish firms has undergone dramatic changes …

ownership concentration. We used longitudinal data on Swedish firms for the period 1999-2005, during which their ownership …

investment performance for 20 111 firms in 58 countries between 2001 and 2010. Anglo Saxon (common law), German, French as well …

this literature centres on corporate governance structures and the broader legal environment in which firms operate. This …