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Untangling the relationships among growth, profitability and survival in new firms

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Author

  • Frédéric Delmar
  • Alexander McKelvie
  • Karl Wennberg

Summary, in English

The performance of new firms is important for economic development but research has produced limited knowledge about the key relationships among growth, profitability, and survival for new firms. Based on evolutionary theory, we develop a model about how new firms resolve uncertainty about their ability to prosper in a market by monitoring changes in profitability. Our model predicts selection pressures to weed out underperforming firms and learning in order to allow survivors to improve performance and grow. We test our theory using a unique panel of knowledge-intensive new firms in Sweden. We find strong support for the notion that profitability enhances both survival and growth, and growth helps profitability but has a negative effect on survival. Implications are discussed. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

276-291

Publication/Series

Technovation; The International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management

Volume

33

Issue

8-9

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • Growth
  • New firms
  • Survival
  • Firm evolution
  • Kirchoff

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0166-4972