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Title

To grow or not to grow: the effects of strategy making process on small firm performance

Author(s)

Verreynne, Martie-Louise;  Meyer, Denny

Abstract

Growing small firms is critical to any economy. The factors leading to growth have been the subject of many studies, and this paper continues in that tradition. It investigates how one factor which has not received much attention in this regard, namely the strategy-making processes that a small firm uses, may influence its ability to grow. To this end this paper describes the results of an empirical study conducted with 454 small firms. Several important findings emerge from this study. Most importantly, several strategy-making processes, in particular participative strategy-making, have the ability to influence growth. Adaptive and intrapreneurial strategy-making also influence growth through their impact on entrepreneurial orientation, which has a significant impact on growth, especially in young firms.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology

Source

Proceedings of Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2008: 5th International Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE) Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 05-08 February 2008

Publication year

2008

FOR Code(s)

150310 Organisation and Management Theory

Publisher

Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology

ISBN

9780980332834

Publisher URL

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/hosting/agseconference/

Copyright

This paper copyright © 2008 Martie-Louise Verreynne and Denny Meyer. Proceedings copyright © 2008 Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship. Published version of this paper reproduced with the kind permission of the publisher.

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