This survey paper synthesizes theory and evidence on processes of firm-level aging. We
discuss why anthropomorphic analogies are not helpful for understanding firm aging …

This paper explores the relationship between innovation and firm growth for firms of different
ages. We hypothesize that young firms undertake riskier innovation activities which may …

Little is known about how firm performance changes with age, presumably because of the
paucity of data on firm age. We analyze the performance of a panel of Spanish …

This paper examines the relationships between firm age and entrepreneurs experience on
SME performance after the 2008/09 global financial crisis. We find that in general the crisis …

Most firms do not grow, and a small number of high-growth firms seem to create most new
jobs. These firms have therefore received increasing attention among policymakers. The …

Following recent literature, we present a model of endogenous firm growth with R&D
investment as one of the main mechanisms of growth. Our study evidences a positive effect …

The performance of new firms is important for economic development but research has
produced limited knowledge about the key relationships among growth, profitability, and …

This paper studies the R&D behaviour of fast growing SMEs using CIS III data for 16
countries. We group the countries into three categories of countries having roughly the same …

This article studies the survival, persistence, and growth of fast-growing firms after their fast-
growth period, using an extensive data set of Austrian firms. We use two definitions to …

This article provides new insights into the dependence of firm growth on age along the entire
distribution of growth rates, and conditional on survival. Using data from the European firms …