We survey the phenomenon of the growth of firms drawing on literature from economics, management, and sociology. We … begin with a review of empirical 'stylised facts' before discussing theoretical contributions. Firm growth is characterized … determinants of firm growth has had a limited success. We also observe that theoretical propositions concerning the growth of firms …

We survey the phenomenon of the growth of firms drawing on literature from economics, management and sociology. We … begin with a review of empirical "stylised facts" before discussing theoretical contributions. Firm growth is characterized … determinants of firm growth has had a limited success. We also observe that theoretical propositions concerning the growth of firms …

We survey the phenomenon of the growth of firms drawing on literature from economics, management, and sociology. We … begin with a review of empirical 'stylised facts’ before discussing theoretical contributions. Firm growth is characterized … determinants of firm growth has had a limited success. We also observe that theoretical propositions concerning the growth of firms …

In this paper we present a description of the growth and diversification patterns of the top firms in the worldwide …. Our study confirms the results of previous empirical analyses of the growth dynamics of firms but also reveals structural … disaggregation, we are able to analyze the diversification structure of the firm and study its relation with the aggregate firm size …

negatively the growth of sales and value added all across the growth rate distribution with an effect that was slightly larger at …The COVID-19 shock hit firms hard, on average, but how did it hit in the distribution of firms, differently between the … high-growth superstars and the firms that were already struggling to survive? This paper implements graphical techniques …

negatively the growth of sales and value added all across the growth rate distribution with an effect that was slightly larger at …The COVID-19 shock hit firms hard, on average, but how did it hit in the distribution of firms, differently between the … high-growth superstars and the firms that were already struggling to survive? This paper implements graphical techniques …

Gibrat's Law does not hold, i.e., the main finding is that firm growth decreases with firm size. However, almost all of these … obtained for a large sample of Dutch firms in the hospitality industry - we examine whether the assumption that growth rates … that growth rates are, in fact, independent of firm size in two business groups, while Gibrat's Law is rejected for the …