This paper investigates the structural and strategic determinants of firm growth using a unique data set covering French firms with between 10 and 250 employees and active from 1997 through 2007. On the basis of the proposition that firm growth is not a purely random process, we consider a...

Despite the important role small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) play in the Australian economy, little is known from empirical literature on the formation, growth and frequent dissolution of these businesses. Considering the dynamics of business behaviour, this article analyses the...

The Census Bureau's Longitudinal Business Database (LBD) underpins many studies of firm-level behavior. It tracks longitudinally all employers in the nonfarm private sector but lacks information about business financing and owner characteristics. We address this shortcoming by linking LBD...