less likely to get involved in innovation. In an extended model of firm growth determinants that includes innovation … indicators we found strong evidence that innovators grow faster than non-innovators. Firm growth is also affected by other … counterparts. Firms in manufacturing also grow faster than other sectors. -- micro and small enterprises ; firm growth ; innovation …

This paper studies the growth performance of a large set of entrepreneurial firms in ten manufacturing sectors of … characteristics that tend to generate a significant number of high-growth firms in these countries. To this end, we use a quantile … regression, which provides a more complete estimation of the growth distribution of firms conditional on different attributes …

and not very dynamic. Most enterprises are young, with little or no growth of employment since start-up. Only a very small …

This book examines the links between economic growth, changing employment conditions, and the reduction of poverty in … Latin America in the 2000s. Its analysis answers the following broad questions: Has economic growth resulted in gains in … growth, changes in the various employment and earnings indicators, and changes in poverty and inequality indicators relate to …

remains under-researched. Moreover, the great structural changes which accompanied economic growth require examination. The … analysis of this Element is closely related to, and largely caused by, China's remarkable economic growth and income …