Does venture capital (VC) investment yield economic growth? A large literature studies the effect of VC investments on … firm-level activity, but its effects on economic growth are less well understood. We identify the effect of VC investment … hubs are an important contributor to regional economic growth. …

microenterprises to the national economic growth and development of the countries are not ignorable. Establishing a microenterprise … a healthy growth of microenterprises, the determining factors must be identified and policies should be undertaken and … contribute to the overall growth of the Malaysian microenterprises. Computing descriptive statistics and applying multiple …

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 …

country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a country's macroeconomic performance. After a … growth. A summary of what we learn from the econometric results concludes the paper. …

Small-scale firms are essential contributors to employment generation and growth of many economies. In recognition of … Ghana by analyzing the effect of entrepreneurs, firm, and institutional characteristics on the growth of small-scale firms … firm characteristics (artisan and craft industry type) conjointly and significantly influence small-scale firm performance …