Investigates the relationship among firm growth, firm size, and firm age for U.S. manufacturing firms. Data were obtained from the Small Business Database, constructed by the U.S. Small Business Administration, and included approximately 20,000 manufacturing firms that operated between 1976 and...

Examines the impact of firm growth, firm size, and firm age on firm dynamics in the manufacturing industry. The data analyzed are from the Small Business Data Base (SBDB) constructed by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration and consist of 105,186 firms in 100...