Growth and structural transformation of the manufacturing sector in developing countries are generally considered to be …. Examining the sources of labour productivity growth in Mexican manufacturing, however, does not provide support for this … productivity growth shows no systematic variation by size class. In fact, small establishments have had the same rate of labour …

We study managerial incentive provision under moral hazard in a firm subject to stochastic growth opportunities. In our … firm. The optimal contract may involve managerial entrenchment, such that growth opportunities are foregone after good … performance. Firms with better growth prospects have higher managerial turnover and more front-loaded compensation. Firms may pay …

We disentangle the contribution of unobserved heterogeneity in idiosyncratic demand and productivity to firm growth. We … important as productivity shocks for firm growth. Second, firms respond to shocks less than a frictionless model would predict …

leads to downward biased observations of the level of activity upon entry and upward biased growth rates between the year of … average growth rate between the first and second year of exporting is overstated by 112 percentage points. This paper re …-examines a number of stylized facts about firm size and growth that have motivated rapidly expanding theoretical and empirical …

. Second, we consider implications of this prediction for firm growth rates and survival. Consistent with the learning model …, we find that: (i) the absolute value of the mean growth rate for firms' beliefs decreases with age, as does the variance …

unrelated to firm size or growth. …

This Paper links the performance of new technology firms, measured in terms of growth, to geographic location. We … introduce a model of firm growth that is specific to characteristics of the location as well as the firm and industry. The model … is estimated using a new dataset identifying the growth performance of small technology-based firms. In fact, firm …