This study seeks to determine what distinguishes rapid-growth firms--defined as firms with a three-year compound annual sales growth rate of 80% or above--from slow-growth firms.First, a review of the literature on high-growth firms uncovers a comprehensive list of factors that potentially...

We examine whether financial expert audit committee members tailor their approach to overseeing the corporate tax planning process according to the firm's business strategy. We predict and find that such directors encourage defender‐type firms (characterized partially by high risk aversion) to...

Introduction / Shaker A. Zahra, Donald O. Neubaum and James C. Hayton -- Part I corporate entrepreneurship and internal venturing -- 1. Internal corporate venturing: a review of (almost) five decades of literature / Susan A. Hill and Stylianos Georgoulas -- 2. Who is the corporate entrepreneur?...

The question of whether the pressure on new firms to survive and to succeed would make them more inclined to make unethical, immoral business decisions is investigated. The interactions between a firm's entrepreneurial orientation, a firm's newness, and a firm's ethical climate types, or lack...

The service-dominant logic of marketing suggests that customer-oriented innovation should be an essential focus for any firm; however, there is limited literature on the relative impact of customer-oriented innovation on firm performance in comparison with other dimensions of innovation. We...

Operations management researchers have frequently suggested that autonomy can motivate teams to actively and flexibly adapt to fast-changing environments, fostering innovation and creative problem solving. However, empirical studies have not consistently supported the benefits of team autonomy....