Measuring growth of the firm: Theoretical considerations

The reasons and sources of firm growth are a part of economic research since approximately 50 years. Studying various empirical studies all over the world, it is no doubt, that the problematic issue is just how to measure growth of the firm. The main objective of the paper is to discuss the measure...

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Main Author: Robert K. Gruenwald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cracow University of Economics 2016-10-01
Series:International Entrepreneurship Review
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Online Access:https://ier.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/pm/article/view/1106
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spelling doaj-2e77447b05bc43b3a93f8ad1b1f4f3032021-05-06T19:47:18ZengCracow University of EconomicsInternational Entrepreneurship Review2658-18412016-10-0112Measuring growth of the firm: Theoretical considerationsRobert K. Gruenwald0Cracow University of Economics The reasons and sources of firm growth are a part of economic research since approximately 50 years. Studying various empirical studies all over the world, it is no doubt, that the problematic issue is just how to measure growth of the firm. The main objective of the paper is to discuss the measures of growth of the firm in economics and business studies. The article consists of two sections. The first section reviews basic measures of growth. The second section elaborates on a particular case of growth – measures of high-growth and hyper-growth.  The articles is bases on in-depth literature review and its critics. https://ier.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/pm/article/view/1106growthhigh-growthhyper-growthmeasures
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title Measuring growth of the firm: Theoretical considerations
title_short Measuring growth of the firm: Theoretical considerations
title_full Measuring growth of the firm: Theoretical considerations
title_fullStr Measuring growth of the firm: Theoretical considerations
title_full_unstemmed Measuring growth of the firm: Theoretical considerations
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publisher Cracow University of Economics
series International Entrepreneurship Review
issn 2658-1841
publishDate 2016-10-01
description The reasons and sources of firm growth are a part of economic research since approximately 50 years. Studying various empirical studies all over the world, it is no doubt, that the problematic issue is just how to measure growth of the firm. The main objective of the paper is to discuss the measures of growth of the firm in economics and business studies. The article consists of two sections. The first section reviews basic measures of growth. The second section elaborates on a particular case of growth – measures of high-growth and hyper-growth.  The articles is bases on in-depth literature review and its critics.
topic growth
high-growth
hyper-growth
measures
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