Authors
Skaletckii E.
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Degree
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Postgraduate Student, Far Eastern Federal University School of Economics and Management 8 Sukhanova |
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E-mail
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skaletskiy@yandex.ru |
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Location
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Vladivostok |
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Articles
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The main directions of firm growth research: findings from literature reviewIdentification of the firms’ growth factors is a core task for strategic management. Over the past
century, researchers have shown a significant interest in this topic which have been converted in
an amount of articles considering the influence of different factors on firm`s growth. Nevertheless
this topic is so investigated it remains topical actual, because the current models are not accurate
in predicting growth. The aim of this article is defining the main directions of firm`s growth research
on the basis of literature review in order to understand the current stage of theory development and
provide perspective avenues for future researches. In order to achieve this aim we have selected
articles published during period from 1990 to 2016, devoted to investigating factors influencing
firm growth. Based on analysis of 163 articles from top journals in the field of entrepreneurship and
management authors distinguished four research directions: influence of the personal characteristics
of an entrepreneur on firm growth, influence of different types of resources, influence of internal
characteristics and influence of the external environment. Identified features of contemporary stage
of development of the research field allow us to identify avenues for future research on firm growth.
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