studying performance changes on a two dimensional "growth– profitability performance space". It is well established that both … growth and profitability are important dimensions of SME performance. The majority of earlier studies tend to focus on the … evolution of firm growth or profitability separately. Alternatively, they explore the impact of growth on profitability and vice …

This study investigated the longitudinal behaviour of growth rates and profitability for a large sample of Australian … firms. Similar to previous studies, growth rates were found to be much more volatile than profitability measures. Using a … regression equation with lagged profit and growth variables, we found no evidence of a consistent relationship between growth and …

Firm growth is almost universally portrayed as a good thing, and is commonly used as a measure of success. Applying … resource-based reasoning, we argue that growth is often not a sign of sound development. Specifically, we hypothesize that … secure high profitability at low growth. Empirical tests using two large, longitudinal data sets confirm that the profitable …

Studies of small firm growth are no longer short in supply. On the contrary, as demonstrated by recent reviews, dozens … everything we want to know about small firm growth. In fact, all of the authors of recent review articles complain that a … significant progress has been made and that we do actually know quite a bit now about the phenomenon of small firm growth; its …

in international markets and, thereby, enrich their limited resource base. In this study, we examine the growth …’s theory of the growth of the firm we propose that the new knowledge is a malleable resource enhancing different growth …’s growth advantage in international markets and to further internationalization. In addition, the study shows that it provides …

primary source of economic development, innovation and growth. The realisation that fast growing SMEs are major contributors … seen on a broad scale as a foundation for economic growth, this can also be seen specifically at the level of the regional … higher growth firms tend to make greater use of non-local networks (Cooke et al. 2005). This highlights a need to evaluate …

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&D than large countries. The results confirm that having a better education system and more open trade and migration policies …