Coad, Alex - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2007
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 …