Advancing Firm Growth Research: A Focus on Growth Mode Instead of Growth Rate

被引:328
作者
McKelvie, Alexander [1 ]
Wiklund, Johan [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Syracuse Univ, Whitman Sch Management, Dept Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
[2] Jonkoping Int Business Sch, Jonkoping, Sweden
关键词
RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; JOINT VENTURES; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; AGENCY THEORY; SALES GROWTH; RAPID-GROWTH; PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; ORGANIZATIONS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00375.x
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The development of firm growth research has been notably slow. In this paper, we argue that a major reason for this lack of development is the impatience of researchers to prematurely address the question of "how much?" before adequately providing answers to the question "how?" On the basis of an extensive review of the literature, we suggest how growth research can advance by changing focus to growth mode (organic, acquisition, hybrid). Toward this end, we provide a research agenda that helps establish the types of questions that growth researchers can ask within this new focus.
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页码:261 / 288
页数:28
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