its growth. Growth is rather determined by a process of random influences. Within the context of the econometric analyses … Chesher (1979) is used to explore 'Gibrat's law' in order to examine the influence of firm size on growth. Moreover we test … whether the growth process of firms remains stable over time or not. This so-called 'persistence of growth'-hypothesis implies …

. This indirect effect is neglected in existing empirical studies focusing on the direct effect of innovation on economic …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the growth dynamics of young small firms (in contrast with larger and older … results suggest that significant differences between young and mature firms can be found as far as the drivers of their growth … incumbents) in a developing country context, using a unique and comprehensive dataset of non-agricultural Tunisian companies. Our …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the growth dynamics of young small firms (in contrast with larger and older … results suggest that significant differences between young and mature firms can be found as far as the drivers of their growth … incumbents) in a developing country context, using a unique and comprehensive dataset of non-agricultural Tunisian companies. Our …