Creating good public policy to support high-growth firms

By Colin Mason, Ross Brown. 2013

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

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High‐Growth Women’s Entrepreneurship: Fueling Social and Economic Development (2018, background): “Growth-oriented businesses, led by both women and men, are essential for economies to succeed, because they are more likely to create jobs, support communities, and achieve higher productivity, innovation, and exports (Mason and Brown 2013).”
The cost of growth: small firms and the pricing of bank loans (2015, unknown): “In large part, this is because ‘‘[high growth firms] are found across all sectors of the economy, a heterogeneity that is also reflected in their age, size, origin, and ownership’’ (Mason and Brown 2011, p. 222).”
Institutional determinants of university spin-off quantity and quality: a longitudinal, multilevel, cross-country study (2016, background): “The orientation of such initiatives is debated (Mason and Brown 2013; van Praag and van Stel 2013): while some argue that stimulating more entrepreneurship in general is favorable to the economy, others argue that support should be targeted at high-quality, highgrowth firms only (Shane 2009).”
Inside the high-tech black box: A critique of technology entrepreneurship policy (2014, background): “This is evident in the huge upsurge in public policy programmes over the past 20 years aimed at developing high-tech, high growth starts (Tether, 1997; Storey and Tether, 1998; Almus and Nerlinger, 1999; Mason and Brown, 2013).”
A portfolio perspective on entrepreneurship and economic development (2015, unknown): “Mason and Brown (2013) found that public policy”
Access to finance for innovative SMEs since the financial crisis (2015, background): “, 2004) with only a small minority having a disproportionate impact on the national economy (Mason and Brown, 2013; Nightingale and Coad, 2014).”
Myth-busting and entrepreneurship policy: the case of high growth firms (2017, background): “these businesses are of varying ages and sizes, operate across a range of sectors, exhibit a variety of business models, management styles and ownership structures and achieve growth through a number of mechanisms and channels (Mason and Brown, 2013).”
What are the biggest obstacles to growth of SMEs in developing countries? – An empirical evidence from an enterprise survey (2016, background): “Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) potentially constitute the most dynamic firms in emerging economies (Pissarides, 1999). The empirical evidence from around the globe shows that the ubiquity of SMEs has grabbed the world's attention. The original idea formed at the end of the 19th century th”
The Relational Organization of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (2017, background): “Policies represent laws and directives that create publicly funded support programs designed to encourage entrepreneurship through tax benefits, investment of public funds, or reductions in bureaucratic regulation (Huggins and Williams, 2011; Mason and Brown, 2013).”
‘Better late than never’: the interplay between green technology and age for firm growth (2017, background): “This aspect should be considered when implementing policies favouring innovative start-ups (e.g. Mason and Brown 2013; European Commission 2014).”
Entrepreneurship and the determinants of firm survival within regions: human capital, growth motivation and locational conditions (2017, unknown): “Although ‘picking winners’ is undoubtedly beyond the capabilities of support agencies (Hindle, Yencken, and O’Connor 2011; Mason and Brown 2013), it may be possible to avoid backing some losers.”
Innovation, SMEs and the liability of distance: the demand and supply of bank funding in UK peripheral regions (2016, background): “Yet, going back to Schumpeter’s core thesis (1939) a considerable body of work has shown that innovative growth-oriented SMEs are much more likely to contribute to regional development than less dynamic ones (Coad and Rao, 2008; Mason and Brown, 2013).”