This is an earlier draft for the introduction to the book "The theory of the growth of the firm" published by Oxford …

Corporate Growth is a concept that has been widely treated in a specific way or as part of strategy theories, in … depth the main variables affecting corporate growth and the underlying business processes. This empirical research has … situation clear processes are key to clarify the situations, roles and responsibilities. We also assume that growth implies …

IBM, which allow to conclude that firms do innovation either because they have to or because this is their comparative … United Kingdom as immediate followers, which all display, on the long run, a negative marginal value added on innovation. The … apparently hostile to innovation, i.e. giving back negative marginal value added on innovation ? A model is introduced in which …

ties], national culture and and firms’ organizational model in the context of global ICT Industry. In the highly uncertain … strategy [based on strong ties]. Using a sample of 30 firms and 10,247 ties I found that national culture that enhances the … organizational model also impacts firms’ partnering strategy. Exploration strategy is most characteristic for firms from certain …

corporate headquarters strongly correlates with local population density, and the probability two firms are competitors declines …