Processes of firm growth and diversification: Theory and evidence

Small Business Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 857-871

  Coad, Alex ^a,b,c   Guenther, Christina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Jönköping University and Ratio Institute Stockholm   (Sweden)

^d WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversification; Firm growth; Growth process; Machine tools; Penrose

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894245756     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-014-9566-4     Document Type: Article

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