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 …

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 …