Rethinking growth: Differential impact of large absolute vs relative expansion in de novo ventures

By considering how in many industries an augmentation in production capacity is necessary to bring about significant growth in sales or eventual profit, this study adds an important footnote to prevailing theories of firm survival and competitiveness in strategic management. First, it distinguishes...

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Main Author: FAN, Terence Ping Ching
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research_smu-10582018-07-10T06:37:48Z Rethinking growth: Differential impact of large absolute vs relative expansion in de novo ventures FAN, Terence Ping Ching By considering how in many industries an augmentation in production capacity is necessary to bring about significant growth in sales or eventual profit, this study adds an important footnote to prevailing theories of firm survival and competitiveness in strategic management. First, it distinguishes between attempts for new ventures to grow their production from the outcome of their expansions. Second, this study delineates the role of large absolute versus relative growths in production and their differential implications on young, de novo ventures: the former being conducive to firm survival while the latter being detrimental to it. This prediction is supported empirically by ten years of archival data from the intra-European passenger airline industry. In particular, many young firms would survive longer over the medium- to long-term if their relative growth is achieved at a lower but more sustainable rate. 2010-08-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research_smu/59 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1058&context=lkcsb_research_smu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business (SMU Access Only) eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University de novo entrants new ventures growth capacity expansion Corporate Finance Portfolio and Security Analysis
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topic de novo entrants
new ventures
growth
capacity expansion
Corporate Finance
Portfolio and Security Analysis
spellingShingle de novo entrants
new ventures
growth
capacity expansion
Corporate Finance
Portfolio and Security Analysis
FAN, Terence Ping Ching
Rethinking growth: Differential impact of large absolute vs relative expansion in de novo ventures
description By considering how in many industries an augmentation in production capacity is necessary to bring about significant growth in sales or eventual profit, this study adds an important footnote to prevailing theories of firm survival and competitiveness in strategic management. First, it distinguishes between attempts for new ventures to grow their production from the outcome of their expansions. Second, this study delineates the role of large absolute versus relative growths in production and their differential implications on young, de novo ventures: the former being conducive to firm survival while the latter being detrimental to it. This prediction is supported empirically by ten years of archival data from the intra-European passenger airline industry. In particular, many young firms would survive longer over the medium- to long-term if their relative growth is achieved at a lower but more sustainable rate.
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author FAN, Terence Ping Ching
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title Rethinking growth: Differential impact of large absolute vs relative expansion in de novo ventures
title_short Rethinking growth: Differential impact of large absolute vs relative expansion in de novo ventures
title_full Rethinking growth: Differential impact of large absolute vs relative expansion in de novo ventures
title_fullStr Rethinking growth: Differential impact of large absolute vs relative expansion in de novo ventures
title_full_unstemmed Rethinking growth: Differential impact of large absolute vs relative expansion in de novo ventures
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publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2010
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research_smu/59
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