Electronic Resource
Springer
Review of industrial organization
17 (2000), S. 229-248
ISSN:
1573-7160
Keywords:
Age
;
firms'
;
growth
;
jobs
;
size
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Economics
Notes:
Abstract This paper relates recent empiricalresearch on the growth of U.K. companies to the maineconomic theories of firms' growth and to empiricalresults for the U.S.A. Smaller and younger firms havebeen growing more quickly than larger and older firms, thus generating proportionately more new jobs. Theseresults do not support the various theories of staticand dynamic economies of scale. Serial correlation ofgrowth is very low, so success does not persist. Thesystematic tendency for small and younger firms togrow more quickly is the main reason why firm growthis not entirely stochastic.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1007887626165
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