Founding strategy and performance: A comparison of high and low growth high tech firms

Strategic Management Journal - Tập 11 Số 2 - Trang 87-98 - 1990
Henry R. Feeser1, Gary E. Willard2
1College of Business Administration, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.
2Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.

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AbstractSome firms grow very rapidly; others much more slowly. Potential explanations for differences in performance levels between high growth firms and low growth firms operating in the same industry are sought by comparing the firms' founding strategies. Results indicate that founding strategies of high and low growth firms differ systematically among the firms studied.

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