Davidsson, Per; Steffens, Paul; Fitzsimmons, Jason - In: Journal of Business Venturing 24 (2009) 4, pp. 388-406
Firm growth is almost universally portrayed as a good thing, and is commonly used as a measure of success. Applying resource-based reasoning, we argue that growth is often not a sign of sound development. Specifically, we hypothesize that firms which grow without first securing high levels of...