Firms of different sizes play different roles in organized markets and societies. This report focuses on the particular role that larger firms - firms with 100 employees or more - play in this ecosystem. It shows that larger firms in developing countries have distinct features that set them...

Economic and social progress requires a diverse ecosystem of firms that play complementary roles. Making It Big: Why Developing Countries Need More Large Firms constitutes one of the most up-to-date assessments of how large firms are created in low- and middle-income countries and their role in...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- 12 Empirical Highlights -- Abbreviations -- Introduction Firms do not all serve the same purpose -- Firms do not all serve the same purpose -- How large is large? -- Note -- References -- 1. Large firms make distinct...