A Quantitative Content Analysis of the Characteristics of Rapid-Growth Firms and Their Founders

By Bruce R. Barringer, F. Jones, Donald O. Neubaum. 2005

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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The cost of growth: small firms and the pricing of bank loans (2015, neutral): “Much of the extant academic research has been concerned with the characteristics of growing firms (Barringer et al. 2005; Baum et al. 2001) or with the (often institutional) determinants of growth (Davidsson and Henrekson 2002; Barkham et al. 2012).”
High performance work practices in small firms: a resource-poverty and strategic decision-making perspective (2013, background): “Barringer et al. (2005) compared growth-oriented and non-growth-oriented firms and found that growthoriented firms indeed invested more in training, development and incentive schemes.”
High-growth SMEs versus non-high-growth SMEs: a discriminant analysis (2007, methodology): “This is no new idea, as it was already addressed in previous works of Birch et al. (1994) on ‘gazelle’ firms, Storey (1994) on 10 percenters and Bidhé (2000) on the Inc 500 companies, etc. (Moreno and Casillas 2000, Barringer and Jones 2004, Barringer et al. 2005).”
Strategies for superior performance under adverse conditions: A focus on small and medium-sized high-growth firms (2014, background): “However, rapid growth in SMEs is rare and indeed, high-growth spurts are unpredictable and difficult to maintain (Barringer et al., 2005).”
On growth drivers of high-tech start-ups: Exploring the role of founders' human capital and venture capital (2010, methodology): “In this work we follow previous studies (e.g. Feeser and Willard, 1990; Fischer and Reuber, 2003; Barringer et al., 2005) in considering growth as an indicator of the business success of NTBFs.”
Strategic entrepreneurship and small firm growth in Ghana (2014, background): “Entrepreneurs’ previous experience will have exposed them to opportunities to learn about entrepreneurship, and this has been found to be a consistent indicator of small firm growth (Barringer et al., 2005; Lee and Tsang, 2001; McPherson, 1996; Rauch et al., 2005).”
Interrelationships between human capital, HRM and innovation in Belgian start-ups aiming at an innovation strategy (2010, background): “They represent observable characteristics often put forward in upper echelon research as reasonable proxies for the knowledge and skill base of central actors and for (underlying differences in) their cognitions, values and perceptions (Bosma, van Praag, Thurik and De Wit 2004 ; Carpenter, Geletkan”
Entrepreneurship and the determinants of firm survival within regions: human capital, growth motivation and locational conditions (2017, background): “Empirical studies have found evidence linking growth aspirations and intentions with achieved growth levels (Barringer, Jones, and Neubaum 2005; Delmar and Wiklund 2008; Moen, Heggeseth, and Lome 2016).”
Gazelles as job creators: a survey and interpretation of the evidence (2010, neutral): “See Barringer et al. (2005) for a recent survey of this literature.”
Small business performance: business, strategy and owner‐manager characteristics (2013, background): “Penrose, 1959), recent debates have begun to turn to present a more critical stance on earlier work (Barringer et al., 2005; Coad, 2009; Storey, 2011). For example, Blackburn et al. (2009) have argued that whilst research on firm growth is an established area, the field suffers from a limited empiri”
The Barriers to Growth in Ghana (2008, background): “For example, Barringer et al. (2005) found a strong statistical relationship between the rapid growth of business and college education; although no statistically significant relationship was found between growth and those with Masters or PhD qualifications.”
What are the factors that affect innovation in growing SMEs (2012, background): “It is stated that innovations do not arise randomly but are the result of intentional and systematic processes (Barringer et al., 2005; Teece, 1986; Markides, 1998; Santarelli and Piergiovanni, 1996; Thornhill, 2006; Von Hippel, 1982).”
Demographic factors, family background and prior self-employment on entrepreneurial intention - Vietnamese business students are different: why? (2018, background): “Barringer et al. (2005) believes that the involvement in the establishment of different firms will provide the entrepreneur the opportunity of knowing the risks and problems associated with new venture formation.”
New Venture Growth: A Review and Extension (2006, methodology): “Yet according to Barringer, Jones, and Neubaum (2005), of the estimated 700,000 new ventures started each year in the United States, only 3.5% grow sufficiently to actually evolve into large firms (see also Acs & Armington, 2006).”
The strategic management of high-growth firms:a review and theoretical conceptualization (2017, positive): “Several studies showed that ownermanagers’ industry experience is a strong predictor for high growth (Barringer et al., 2005; Florin et al., 2003; Siegel et al., 1993).”