Foreword -- Executive Summary -- What powers high-growth enterprises? -- Factors that drive high enterprise growth: Evidence from the country studies -- Government policies to support high-growth enterprises -- High-growth SMEs in Latin America's service sector: Six case studies -- High-growth firms in Switzerland: Analysis of 11 firms -- Process innovation: Driver of enterprise growth in the Czech Republic -- Strong customer/supplier relationships: A key to enterprise growth in Japan -- Finland: Intellectual asset management among high-growth SMEs -- Financing growth and innovation in France -- The financing of innovative firms in Canada -- Are innovation firms at a credit disadvantage? The evidence from Italy.
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The success of several well-known new ventures in technological fields, which in little more than a decade have jumped from the state of start-ups to that of top international businesses, has pointed to innovation as a key factor in the high growth of firms. These high-growth enterprises often drive job creation and innovation, so policy makers are increasingly making such companies a key focus. Specifically, how can government policy foster the creation of more high-growth enterprises; what are the growth factors, and how can they be leveraged; what are the appropriate ways to provide such support? To help answer these questions, this report presents findings from two new research studies: (1) reports from 15 countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Tunisia) that provide interesting insights into the operations of and challenges faced by high-growth enterprises; (2) a policy survey by the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship, which reviewed more than 340 programs that policy makers in 24 countries have put in place to support the growth of enterprises. Some of this report's findings include: any firm can be a growth company; growth is almost always a temporary phase; high-growth small firms are funded mostly by debt, not equity. These and other insights are summarized and analyzed, providing policy makers with ideas on how to power growth at the firm level.--Publisher's description.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
High-growth enterprises.
International Standard Book Number
9789264095977
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Corporations-- Government policy.
Corporations-- Growth.
Small business-- Government policy.
Small business-- Growth.
Corporations-- Government policy.
Corporations-- Growth.
Small business-- Government policy.
Small business-- Growth.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
658
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42
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HD2746
Book number
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H54
2010eb
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.