Private equity companies have become a major force in the economic landscape. Financial- and operational-engineering are innovative characteristics of this emerging method of finance. The existing empirical data provide strong evidence that private equity activity contribute positively to the...

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) account for about 99% of all enterprises in Croatia as well as in the EU economy. In most industries, SMEs attribute to much of the capital stock, employment, and a significant fraction of innovations. Among all SMEs, those that are growth-oriented make...

Despite extensive research into succession planning, little is known about the impact of the continuity outlook of a firm on growth intentions. The objectives of the study are to examine 1) the effect of different continuity outlooks of the firm on growth intentions, 2) the effect of exploration...

This paper focuses on factors that affect the growth of manufacturing firms in Germany. It addresses which factors might be needful and which factors might be helpful for the different growth stages of these firms. Most firms face turning points in their life course, and thus do not grow...