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The process of SME growth : integrating the resource-based and transaction cost approaches / Marta Gancarczyk

Author
Gancarczyk, Marta, 1968-
Published
Kraków, Poland : Jagiellonian University Press, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Firm growth as a phenomenon and an object of research -- 1.1.The uniqueness and importance of firm growth at the macro- and micro-economic levels -- 1.2.The measures and criteria of identification of high-growth firms -- 1.3.The methods of identifying high-growers -- 1.4.Theoretical approaches to firm growth and their relevance for SME expansion -- 1.5.Approaches to systemizing the research on small firm growth -- 1.6.The established streams of research in firm growth -- 1.7.The emerging streams of research in firm growth -- 1.8.A cross-fertilization among the established and emerging research streams in firm growth -- 1.9.The core of the firm growth process -- 2.The Resource-Based View (RBV) and Transaction Cost Theory (TCT) as alternative approaches to the growth process of firms -- 2.1.The rationale for adopting the RBV and TCT to explain the growth process of SMEs -- 2.2.The structural elements of the growth process -- 2.3.The structural elements of the growth process according to the RBV -- 2.4.The structural elements of the growth process according to TCT -- 2.5.The RBV and TCT as alternative views on the structural elements of company growth -- 2.6.Empirical tests, theoretical advancements, and the convergence of the foci of the RBV and TCT -- 3.The integrative RBV-TCT approach to the SME growth process -- 3.1.Methodology for developing an integrative RBV-TCT framework of the growth process of SMEs -- 3.2.The overview of the methodologies and results of the integrative RBV-TCT studies -- 3.3.The logics of integrating the RBV and TCT and the choice of the logic relevant for explaining the SME growth process -- 3.4.The "why" dimension of the SME growth process: behavioral motives and rationale -- 3.5.The "how" dimension of growth: mechanisms and modes -- 3.6.Contextual influences and moderators of the RBV and TCT variables on the process of growth -- 3.7.Theoretical framework of the SME growth process -- 4.Methodology of empirical research on the growth process of SMEs -- 4.1.Empirical research framework -- 4.2.Methods and sources of data -- 4.3.Variables -- 4.4.Case selection criteria, characteristics of the research sample, and data collection procedure -- 4.5.Scientific validity of the research methodology -- 5.Patterns of the SME growth process: results of the multi-case study research -- 5.1.Results of the cross-case study analysis -- 5.2.Results of the within-case study analysis -- 5.3.A model of the SME growth process -- Discussion and conclusion -- Contribution and implications of the research -- Limitations.
Summary
"This book contributes to the emerging research on the growth process of firms, with a focus on the expansion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A comprehensive approach to the issue of small firm growth draws upon empirical findings of the characteristics and economic importance of high-growth enterprises and the extant base of theoretical approaches to the growth of firms, with an emphasis on the literature of firm boundaries (scope and size). Consequently, this research adopts a deductive approach to the building the conceptual framework of SME growth by integrating the resource-based view of the firm and transaction cost theory."--Page 4 of cover.
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ISBN
9788323343776 paperback
8323343772 paperback
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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