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High-Growth firms in Colombia and Spain

Authors

  • ZURAY ANDREA MELGAREJO MOLINA Universidad Nacional de Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15665/dem.v19i1.2659

Keywords:

High-growth firms, Industrial Sector, territorial development, business growth

Abstract

The fastest growing firms, have awakened an important interest in the scientific research, given its relevance to understand the trends of business growth. The aim of this work is the identification of the HF firms in the manufacturing industrial sector of Colombia and Spain, during the period of economic recovery 2012-2015. The objective is the explanation the main demographic and contextual characteristics of these companies and determining its profile, incorporating the most recent contributions of the economic literature. The main results show that age and location geographically are directly related to accelerated business growth.

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MELGAREJO MOLINA, Z. A. (2021). High-Growth firms in Colombia and Spain. Dimensión Empresarial, 19(1), 24-41. https://doi.org/10.15665/dem.v19i1.2659

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