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Alternative Theories of Small-Firm Growth: A Critical Review

Published:1988-10 Issue:10 Volume:20 Page:1365-1383
ISSN:0308-518X
Container-title:Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ Plan A

Author:

O'Farrell P N¹,Hitchens D M W N²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Town and Country Planning, Heriot-Watt University, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, Scotland

2. Department of Economics, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland

Abstract

This paper contains a review of alternative theories which have been developed in order to explain growth and change in the small manufacturing firm. Models of small-firm growth derived within the industrial economics literature are evaluated together with stage models of growth and stochastic models. Social and psychological perspectives on growth are reviewed and the spatial dimension is also considered. We argue that most previous theories of small-firm growth place too little emphasis upon the difficulties which small owner-managed firms have in meeting the competitive requirements of the marketplace.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Environmental Science (miscellaneous),Geography, Planning and Development

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1068/a201365

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