Ben-Hafaïedh, Cyrine; Hamelin, Anaïs - In: Entrepreneurship theory and practice : ET&P 47 (2023) 2, pp. 628-647
caution against the growth-at-all-costs paradigm. Amongst them, Davidsson et al. (2009) notably showed that profitability … first rather than growth first is a preferable strategy for achieving high overall performance. We replicate and extend this …Firm growth is overwhelmingly presented as positive. Policy-makers strongly support it, educators recommend it, and …