associated conduct and performance characters of this industry, the paper presents different possible growth scenarios and … analyzed with respect to the industry's pattern of growth and development.  …

‐term strategies. This trend raises the question of growth perspectives of SMEs and their future development. The paper gives an … insight into selected growth theories, entrepreneurship and SMEs, firm competencies, core competencies and the wellbeing of … entrepreneurs as a growth indicator. The majority of SMEs are run by the family and characterized by low growth rates or even …

organizational characteristics and strategic leadership qualities associated with acquisitive growth through “absorption” and … “diversification”. A study of the International Telephone and Telegraph Company (ITT) organizational growth strategies from 1920 to … 1997 reveals that senior managers adopt the rational decision‐making model when organizational growth through acquisition …

Successful growth companies represent the future. Their opportunistic, customer‐responsive styles and operating … opportunities, threats, problems and pitfalls attached to dramatic business growth. A new set of rules which would guide companies … through the necessary and predictable transitions of growth are sought. It is hoped that chief executives and strategic …

among managers to achieve its growth targets, which involved moving away from being the custodians of a traditional brand …