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We survey the phenomenon of the growth of firms drawing on literature from economics, management, and sociology. We begin with a review of empirical 'stylised facts’ before discussing theoretical contributions. Firm growth is characterized by a predominant stochastic element, making it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252225
We survey the phenomenon of the growth of firms drawing on literature from economics, management and sociology. We begin with a review of empirical "stylised facts" before discussing theoretical contributions. Firm growth is characterized by a predominant stochastic element, making it difficult...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750933
entrepreneurial firms are used to construct a theory on their locational behavior that explains that behavior as the outcome of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765245
This paper explores and explains the emergence and growth of new firms in the knowledge economy. The resource-based view, capabilities approach, and evolutionary economics are used as a foundation for a developmental approach. The development of the firm is conceptualized in terms of processes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765313
We survey the phenomenon of the growth of firms drawing on literature from economics, management and sociology. We begin with a review of empirical "stylised facts" before discussing theoretical contributions. Firm growth is characterized by a predominant stochastic element, making it difficult...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670854
The paper focuses attention on Schumpeter’s achievements in his classic contribution and how these relate to the contributions of other major authors. While deeply indebted to Marx’s vision of capitalism as a system incessantly in travail, Schumpeter was no ‘Marxist’. He shared Böhm’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011001847
(Issues of Methodology and Analysis) The article describes the methodology for identifying and analyzing economic cycles, which are based on historical spectral approach that combines the advantages of the historical and economic analysis and spectral method of the study of economic series. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011007705
This article connects theory of learning with theory of governance, in the context of inter-firm relations. It … recognizes fundamental criticism of transaction cost economics (TCE), but preserves elements from that theory. Two kinds of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731384
This article connects theory of learning with theory of governance, in the context of inter-firm relations. It … recognizes fundamental criticism of transaction cost economics (TCE), but preserves elements from that theory. Two kinds of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005795613
Traditional economic studies of innovation, built on the contribution of Schumpeter, cannot explain why firms of the … same size and market power can show largely different innovation performances. Contrastingly, the literature on corporate … governance provides some useful insights for understanding corporate innovation activity, to the extent that such literature …
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