Forms of growth: How SMEs combine forms of growth to achieve high growth

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-97

  Barbero Navarro, Jose Luis ^a   Bueno, José Carlos Casillas ^b   Barringer, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Forms of growth; Growth profile; High growth firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856876310     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.2012.18.1.81     Document Type: Article

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