What happens to gazelles? The importance of dynamic management strategy

Small Business Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-226

  Parker, Simon C ^a   Storey, David J ^b   van Witteloostuijn, Arjen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Firm growth; Gazelles; Gibrat's Law; Strategic management theory; Strategy variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955228863     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9250-2     Document Type: Article

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