Handbook of research on scaling and high-growth firms / edited by Veroniek Collewaert (Professor of Entrepreneurship, Vlerick Business School and KU Leuven, Belgium) and Justin J.P. Jansen (Professor of Corporate Entrepreneurship, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, the Netherlands).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Collewaert, Veroniek, editor.

Jansen, Justin J. P., editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scaling (Social sciences).

Business enterprises.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 pages) : charts

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This pioneering Handbook explores the nature of scaling and high growth. It identifies specific patterns and strategies, and discusses important drivers and determinants of high growth, presenting a state-of-the-art overview of existing research and introducing crucial new insights into the field, both for academics and scaleup entrepreneurs, advisors and ecosystem stakeholders. Chapters delve into the similarities and differences between scaling and high growth and investigate how scaling can acquire different meanings depending on the context in which it occurs. Expert authors examine the different factors involved and demonstrate how initiatives, firms and ecosystems may scale. They particularly engage with the roles of people, structure, culture, financing and ecosystems in growth and scaling, providing insights into future research directions and new methodological approaches. Students and scholars of entrepreneurship, innovation and strategic management will greatly benefit from this informative Handbook. It is also a vital resource for policymakers and practitioners in entrepreneurship, innovation and HR"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Scaling and high-growth firms: An Introduction / Veroniek Collewaert and Justin J.P. Jansen

Part I: Understanding the multifaceted nature of scaling and high growth

1. Scaling versus high growth: Processes, outcomes and other considerations / Nicole Coviello and Anne Domurath

2. Scaling as replication / Dimo Ringov, Aman Asija and Jabar Torkaman

3. Scaling social impact / Danielle Logue, Sally Curtis, Melissa Edwards and Gillian McAllister

4. The challenge of early-stage companies sustaining high growth and defying the gravity effect / Antonio Davila, Xiaobin He, Jia Ning and Carlos Shimizu

Part II: Scaling strategies for high growth

5. Scaling what? Initiatives, organizations and ecosystems / Esther Tippmann, Tina C. Ambos, Sinéad Monaghan and Dimo Ringov

6. Scaling strategies of young entrepreneurial firms / Dorota Piaskowska and Irina Mihailova

7. Beyond high growth: Disentangling the complexities of business scaling / Leona Achtenhagen, Daria Hakola and Lucia Naldi

Part III: Drivers of scaling and high growth

8. The scaling mindset: Cultivating growth-orientated entrepreneurial thinking / Euclides Major and David Urbano

9. Leading within a scaleup: Leadership research and the promise of an agile approach / David M. Sluss

10. Talent management in scaling firms / Evy Van Lancker, Mirjam Knockaert, Veroniek Collewaert and Frederik Anseel

11. Building scalable organizational structures: An emergent actor-oriented perspective / Peter K. Schou

12. Fostering a culture for scaling / Sarah Bohan and Jonathan Levie

13. The financing of scaling and high-growth firms / Tom Vanacker and Maarten Cerpentier

14. Scaling, high-growth firms and ecosystems / Georgios Fotopoulos

15. International expansion and global scaling strategies / Maksim Belitski, Jeffrey Martin, Tatiana Stettler and William Wales.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035326662 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.