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Rodríguez, Alicia Correa; Molina, Miguel Acosta; Pérez, Ana L. González; Hernández, Urbano Medina

doi:10.1023/a:1025783505635

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“…Focusing on the Spanish case, HGFs have mainly been analysed from a regional perspective (Hernández et al 1999;Correa et al 2003;Galve and Hernández 2007;Moreno and Casillas 2007;Amat et al 2010) and, therefore, there are few findings that apply at the national level (López-García and Puente 2012; Segarra and Teruel 2014). In some cases, national level analyses have been conducted although only focused on gazelles (De la Vega 2007;EOI 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

High-growth firms: does location matter?

2016

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The challenge for economies lies in boosting employment growth, not just by fostering entrepreneurship, but also by improving the growth potential of existing firms. Consequently, many studies have focused on assessing the dynamism of firms, and especially the capacity of high-growth firms (HGFs) to generate employment. This study aimed to identify HGFs in Spain during two periods, 2003-2006 and 2007-2010 and to analyse their characteristics and territorial distribution during the initial years of the economic crisis. Accordingly, a key area of inquiry of the study was the influence of agglomeration (in metropolitan areas, industrial districts and technological districts) on the locations of HGFs. To analyse the influence of location on the probability of firms being HGFs, a logit model was estimated. The main results supported the study's hypotheses that technological districts and large urban areas are significantly associated with the probability of firms being HGFs, because firms profit from comparative locational advantages offered by these areas. The importance of HGFs requires special emphasis in relation to Spain's context of economic crisis and high unemployment levels because of their significant contribution to employment generation.

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confidence: 99%

High-growth firms: does location matter?

2016

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“…Many existing studies do not discuss if and how they handled outliers. Those who do choose varying approaches (Rodríguez et al 2003;Bentzen et al 2012). In our case, extreme data points are partly entering and exiting firms.…”

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The size–growth relationship in the social services sector in Austria

Reitzinger

Pennerstorfer

2021

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The social services sector is among the fastest-growing industries, but it has gained little attention in the debate regarding firm growth. This article analyzes firm growth in relation to firm size using payroll expenses as our indicator for both firm growth and firm size. We apply structural equation modeling and full maximum likelihood estimation using Austrian data comprising all non-profit social service providers. After 2013, fewer firms have been entering and more have been exiting the sector; however, we find that growing in size is still not associated with higher growth rates. Our study emphasizes the role of small organizations in remaining a growth sector.

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