Knowledge, learning and small firm growth: A systematic review of the evidence

By Allan Macpherson, R. Holt. 2007

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Citations in the corpus

Types of innovation, sources of information and performance in entrepreneurial SMEs (2010, background): “As Macpherson and Holt (2007) remark, small firm growth tends to be situated, complex and idiosyncratic by nature.”
Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional growth: a network theory (2015, background): “the entrepreneur) are likely to coincide, encompassing both his/her social and economic needs and objectives (Jack 2005; Macpherson and Holt 2007; Jack et al. 2008, 2010).”
Untangling the relationships among growth, profitability and survival in new firms (2013, unknown): “…firm growth, literature reviews have concluded that research still provides a limited understanding of the driving mechanisms behind how and when new firms grow (Davidsson, Achtenhagen, and Naldi, 2010; Gilbert, McDougall and Audretsch, 2006; Macpherson and Holt, 2007; McKelvie and Wiklund, 2010).”
Knowledge flow and inter-firm networks: The influence of network resources, spatial proximity and firm size (2010, background): “the entrepreneur) are likely to coincide, and encompass both his/her social and economic needs and objectives (Jack 2005 ; Macpherson and Holt 2007 ).”
Intangible Capital and Firms Productivity (2011, unknown): “This confirms previous results by, among many others, Madsen (2008) for the OECD countries, Robbins (2006) for the US states and Fischer et al.”
Disentangling the effects of organizational capabilities, innovation and firm size on SME sales growth (2013, unknown): “…view (Penrose 1959; Barney 1991; Wernerfelt 1984), dynamic capabilities (Geroski 1995; Grant 1996; Teece et al 1997; Teece 2007), knowledge management (Takeuchi and Nonaka 2004) and learning perspectives (Dobbs and Hamilton 2007; MacPherson and Holt 2007; Nelson and Winter 1982; Stuart 2000).”
Entrepreneurial talent and venture performance: A meta-analytic investigation of SMEs (2013, unknown): “Systematic reviews of previous research are important (e.g., acpherson and Holt, 2007) and meta-analysis is of specific relvance to policy makers as a basis for addressing a key issue ighlighted by Frese et al. (2012, p. 42): “There are, of course, public olicies for fostering entrepreneurship in…”
Advancing Firm Growth Research: A Focus on Growth Mode Instead of Growth Rate (2010, background): “Reviews of the growth literature tend to result in a relatively negative account of the state of affairs (Coad, 2007; Davidsson & Wiklund, 2000; Macpherson & Holt, 2007; Phelps, Adams, & Bessant, 2007; Shepherd & Wiklund, 2009; Storey, 1994; Weinzimmer, Nystrom, & Freeman, 1998).”
Artificial intelligence in business: State of the art and future research agenda (2020, methodology): “Appendix A Source: Adapted from Macpherson & Holt (2007).”