Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore the heterogeneity of the initial growth
trajectories adopted by young firms, using an approach similar to Delmar et al.'s analysis, in …

Over the past decades, new and small firm growth has received considerable attention from
researchers and policy-makers around the world. New firms have been identified as engines …

While it is now widely accepted that new firms growth is essential for the foundation of
economic dynamism, knowledge about this early growth is still scattered. Indeed, very little is …