Although growth is a desirable outcome for new ventures due to the many advantages of
large size, most new firms fail to grow, largely because of their limited resources and …

A long-noted observation about organizations concerns the strong persistence of their
cultures over time. By many analysts' views, organizational cultures change slowly, if at all …

Understanding intra-industry boundaries is important because it offers insight into firms'
strategic options based on their competences. Defining intra-industry heterogeneity in terms …

Given the current economic environment, high-growth companies are particularly relevant
for their contribution to employment generation and wealth. This paper discusses the results …

We use administrative textual and non-textual data retrieved from publicly available archives
to predict the performance of Danish startups at the time of foundation. The performance …

Simulation models have become increasingly popular in economics in the last two decades,
because they can deal with a wide range of research questions. The set-up and analysis of …

Entrepreneurs exist in every country but the nature and level of entrepreneurial activity
differs remarkably. Why is this? What shapes the level of entrepreneurial activity in each …

The relationship between the environment and organizational designs has been a main
focus for the past several decades, often with different and even opposing views. Through a …

Organisations are increasingly considered Complex Adaptive Systems, made by multiple
parts interacting with each other and the external environment. Such interactions typically …

Firm-level data for a small sample of European countries are used to provide evidence of a
positive linear relationship between the mean and the variance of firms' size at a sectoral …