... factors behind firm survival. We find that survival is common, and most firms persist five years post-incubation. We then relate knowledge specialization during the incubation period, to analyze later firm growth in terms of both revenue and employees. This paper is structured as follows. In the next...

... at: v.kadile@leeds.ac.uk 10 05 2024 30 01 2025 25 11 2025 26 02 2026 28 04 2026 11 05 2026 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Entrepreneurs Developing countries Motivation Firm growth Extensive...

... to employees. The findings emphasize the importance of employee attributes and situational factors, offering practical guidance for entrepreneurs navigating role overload in scaling ventures. Entrepreneurs Developing countries Small firm/new venture strategy Firm growth German Academic Exchange...

... Firm growth The faster a start-up achieves its unicorn status, the sooner it may be seen as flourishing and being accomplished. However, without relevant high-valued physical assets or a research-intensive business model, it is challenging to value start-ups objectively and answer why some...

... business planning (Van Delft et al., 2000). Such entrepreneurial approaches characterize an informal way of doing business that could be the key to initial economic and social integration, but that might ultimately limit the firms' growth. © Diego Campagnolo, Catherine Laffineur, Simona...

... of the location of the start-up and the investment in R&D as these could be important factors for the firm’s growth. Niccolò Innocenti can be contacted at: niccolo.innocenti@unifi.it 09 04 2018 23 07 2018 05 09 2018 06 09 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald...

... 07 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Sustainability Developing countries Small firms Firm growth H2. Subsistence entrepreneurs in the informal economy of an African LDC demonstrate higher levels...

... three forms of capital can, independently, have a positive impact on new family venture performance. Social capital Human capital Financial capital Firm growth The current study addresses this theoretical and methodological quandary by applying a configurational approach to answer...

.... It is important also to consider the process of transformation of the cultural and behavioural attitudes of various countries towards entrepreneurship. Originality/value – This paper analyses the determinants of firm growth in a particular entrepreneurial setting, that is, IPO on the AIM, the sub-market...