The 'stage’ model of growth of small firms—an alternative hypothesis

Autor:	B. Bernholtz, J. P. Rives
Rok vydání:	1977
Předmět:	Probability of failure Strategy and Management Alternative hypothesis Homogeneous group Production (economics) Business Management Science and Operations Research Marketing Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Industrial organization Variety (cybernetics)
Zdroj:	International Journal of Production Research. 15:423-437
ISSN:	1366-588X 0020-7543
DOI:	10.1080/00207547708943141
Popis:	Amongst the types of problem faced by production managers in a wide variety of Canadian industries, those concerned with growth and change are encountered frequently and are especially severe in small firms. This paper proposes and tests the hypothesis that as small companies grow they pass through alternating phases of good and poor performance. During the latter phases there is a high probability of failure brought about by common problems in a homogeneous group of small companies in an industry. The analysis of data so far supports the hypothesis in commercial printing firms of up to 70 employees, but requires modification for larger companies
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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