The goal of this paper is to identify the factors that precede and may cause sudden changes in the pace of growth of high-growth SMEs or gazelles. A retrospective longitudinal case study of seven high growth SMEs that had undergone a total of 14 sudden shifts in growth reveals that a number of...

This paper assesses the effects of corporate tax reductions for small businesses on their growth and employee earnings. Following a 2014 reform in Quebec, Canada, firms that received tax cuts increase their employment, payrolls, and capital stock by 1.8 percent, 2.4 percent, and 3.1 percent,...