Research into firm growth has been accumulating at a terrific pace, and Alex Coad s survey
of this multifaceted field provides a detailed, comprehensive overview of the latest …

Are shocks to firms' profitability risk, propagated by physical capital adjustment costs, a
major source of business cycle fluctuations? This paper studies this question using a …

The cross-sectional dispersion of firm-level investment rates is procyclical. This makes
investment rates different from productivity, output, and employment growth, which have …

We survey the phenomenon of the growth of firms drawing on literature from economics,
management and sociology. We begin with a review of empirical" stylised facts" before …

Firm growth and decline is at the core of economic dynamics. Since the beginning of
research in economics there has been an interest in firm growth. Especially in Marshall's …

We study the impact of the macroeconomic environment on business exit in a world where
acquisition and bankruptcy are co‐determined. We estimate competing risk hazard …

The persistent increasing duration of unemployment has become an issue during economic
crises. Although lay-offs at large firms normally make headlines during crises, we still know …

Using firm-level panel data from the US Census Bureau and almost fifty other countries, we
show that the skewness of the growth rates of employment, sales, and productivity is …

This article presents new insights into the evolving relation among different types of
investments and the growth in sales of US nonfinancial listed firms during the 1979–2018 …

In this study, the empirical evidence regarding small-and medium-sized enterprises'(SMEs)
growth determinants allows us to conclude that:(1) stimulating factors are cash flow and …