Index
The Promises and Properties of Rapidly Growing Companies: Gazelles
ISBN: 978-1-80117-819-8, eISBN: 978-1-80117-818-1
Publication date: 24 August 2022
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(2022), "Index", Becker-Ritterspach, F., Dörrenbächer, C. and Tomenendal, M. (Ed.) The Promises and Properties of Rapidly Growing Companies: Gazelles, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 155-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-818-120221009
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Copyright © 2022 Florian Becker-Ritterspach, Christoph Dörrenbächer and Matthias Tomenendal
INDEX
Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.
Absolute definition
, 9
Age distribution, description of
, 45–47
Airbnb
, 131
Alphabet/Google
, 131, 150
Amazon
, 130–131, 141, 150
Apple
, 150
Article identification
, 10
Attribution, 45n1
Availability
of entrepreneurial training
, 26
of finance
, 21, 115
Behavioral theory
, 8
Berlin
, 147, 149
leadership in Berlin-based startups
, 65–67
BioNTech
, 1, 123
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi)
, 78
Business
, 3
development
, 60
Business Roundtable
, 133
Capital market
, 21
Capitalism
, 148–149
Chocolate industry case
, 136–141
Classical stage models of firm growth
, 60
Cluster initiatives
, 147
and gazelles
, 51–54
Combination of absolute and relative measure
, 9
Company-related factors
, 62
Comprehensive leadership framework
, 67–70
Conscious capitalism
, 132–133
Conscious error culture
, 68
Context-specific growth factors
, 82–83
Cooper’s taxonomy of literature reviews
, 10–12
Corporate Citizenship Gazelles (CCGazelles)
, 135, 141
Corporate entrepreneurship
, 152
Corporate venturing
, 152
Correlation analysis
, 51–54
Country-level factors
, 117–118
Covid-19 virus
, 1–2
CSR concepts
, 132
Cultural dimension
, 69–70
Dark sides of high firm growth
, 4, 128
Decisive factors
, 60
Definitions
absolute
, 9
distributional
, 9
relative
, 9
Descriptive analysis
, 12
Digital strategy 2025
, 93
Digital-technology based internationalization
, 120
Distribution
of gazelles
, 3, 46, 48, 51
of leadership tasks
, 64
of reviewed articles
, 15
Distributional definition
, 9
Dynamic environments
, 55
EBSCO database
, 10
Economic profitability
, 132
Economics
, 8
Efficiency seeking
, 114
Emerging industries
, 43
Empirical context
, 4
Employee
, 18
dimension
, 68–69
motivation
, 68–69
Employment effects at gazelles
, 129
Enabling and constraining circumstances
, 117
“Energy Supply”
, 51
Enterprises with a social purpose, 135n4
Entrepreneur
, 16–17
factors
, 26
Entrepreneurial leadership challenges
, 64–65
Entrepreneurial nature
, 25
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO)
, 25–26
Entrepreneurial role models
, 26
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
, 12
Entrepreneurship
, 97
research
, 3
Environmental, Social, & Governance criteria (ESG criteria)
, 152
Environmental growth factors
, 62
Equity
, 81
European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT)
, 136
Execution
, 10
Exports
, 122
External environment influences growth
, 22
External factors
, 16, 20–22, 26, 27
External growth
, 130
Factors
, 62
Fair trade, 137n6
Family-led businesses
, 41
Fast-growing companies
, 2
Fast-growing firms in Germany
, 39–40
FD Gazellen
, 127
FDI
, 122
Feedback effects
, 27–29
Finance
, 18
availability of
, 21, 115
Financial support
, 98
Financing phases
, 61
Fink, Larry (CEO of Blackrock)
, 134
Firm-level factors
, 20, 119–121
Firm(s)
, 17–18
characteristics
, 26
factors
, 26
growth
, 8
growth of
, 22
performance
, 27
rapidly growing
, 78
small
, 78
Foreign direct investment (FDI)
, 109
Further research
, 121–122, 150–152
Gazelle entrepreneurs
, 16
“Gazelle firms” (see High-growth firms (HGFs))
Gazelle growth
, 8, 9–10, 28
Gazelle growth antecedents
, 9
Gazelle internationalization
, 108
Gazelle policy
, 81–83
approaches
, 81
conundrums
, 79–81
German gazelle policy stance
, 92–99
international growth firm-oriented policy approach
, 84–85
jobs
, 78
policy support schemes for gazelles
, 87–90
in practice
, 83, 86, 92
Gazelle preliminary identifiers
, 83
Gazelle research
, 1–3
new directions in
, 3–5
Gazelle-specific policy approach
, 79
Gazelles
, 8, 61, 141
academic concepts
, 133
gazelle growth matrix
, 134–136
in Germany
, 39–40
in light of business literature
, 128–129
positive image of
, 127–128
problems and complications of gazelles’ growth
, 129–132
properties and impediments of purpose driven gazelles
, 136–140
reconciling purpose and profit in gazelle growth
, 132
summing up on growth prospects
, 141
turning gazelles into CC-or SuperCCGazelles
, 141–142
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs
, 40–41
German gazelles
, 39–40
age distribution, description of
, 45–47
avenues for supporting gazelles in Germany
, 97–99
correlation analysis
, 51–54
description of
, 45
empirical analysis of
, 44–45
former findings on
, 43–44
gazelle-specific policies in Germany
, 94–96
introducing studies
, 40–41
literature review
, 40
overview of
, 92–93
policy stance
, 92
regional distribution, description of
, 47–49
sector distribution, description of
, 49–51
size and age of
, 41–42
spatial distribution of
, 42–43
German SME strategy
, 93
Germany
, 148
fast-growing firms in
, 39–40
public policy in
, 93
Gibrat’s law
, 12
of proportionate effect
, 8
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
, 97
Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)
, 78
Governmental support schemes
, 92
Greiner’s seminal model
, 62
Growth
develops
, 61
of firms
, 22
growth in general and in entrepreneurial, high-growth firms
, 62–65
leadership and
, 70–71
motivation
, 25–26
types
, 61
Growth antecedents
, 12
Growth factors
, 2
context-specific growth factors
, 82–83
environmental growth factors
, 62
Growth firm-oriented policy
, 78
Heterogeneous factors
, 82–83
High-growth firms (HGFs)
, 2, 8, 12, 59–60, 78, 107–108, 147
determinants of
, 107–109, 110–112
entrepreneur factors
, 26
external factors
, 20–22, 27
feedback effects
, 27–29
findings
, 12
firm factors
, 26
gazelle growth
, 9–10
growth motivation and entrepreneurial orientation
, 25–26
identified antecedents of gazelle growth
, 23–24
identifying
, 9
internal factors
, 16–20
internationalization contributes to
, 116–122
leadership and growth in general and in entrepreneurial, high-growth firms
, 62–65
methodology
, 10
research directions in relation to internationalization as determinant of
, 122
research methods
, 14–16
review protocol
, 13
SLR strategy and process
, 10–12
strategy factors
, 27
High-growth firms
, 41
High-growth startups, leadership in
, 65–67
High-Tech Gründerfond (HTGF)
, 95, 98
High-tech strategy 2025
, 93
Human resource management (HRM)
, 19, 20
Humility
, 68
“ICT”
, 51–54
Imports
, 122
import-related growth effects
, 116
Individual-level factors
, 121–122
Industrial & Corporate Change
, 12
Industrial organization (IO)
, 27
Industry-level factors
, 118–119
Industry-related factors
, 21
Innovation
, 19
Innovative technology-oriented firms
, 97
Input-oriented variables
, 61
Internal factors
, 16, 62
entrepreneur
, 16–17
firm
, 17–18
strategy
, 18–20
Internal leadership
, 149
International business (IB)
, 113
Internationalization
, 19–20, 147
circumstances of fast growth through
, 123–124
contributes to HGF
, 116–122
as determinant for accelerated growth
, 109–113
determinants of high firm growth
, 107–109, 110–112
facilitate fast growth
, 113–116
facilitates fast growth
, 123
future research direction
, 122
literature review
, 109
research directions in relation to internationalization as determinant of HGF
, 122
Iterative screening
, 12
Jobs
, 78
creation
, 129
Journal of Small Business & Enterprise Development
, 12
Journals
, 12
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
, 95
“Labor Monitoring and Remediation System”
, 139
Leadership
, 62
activity
, 60
comprehensive leadership framework
, 67–70
entrepreneurial leadership challenges
, 64–65
and growth
, 70–71
and growth in general and in entrepreneurial, high-growth firms
, 62
high-growth firms
, 59–60
leadership in Berlin-based, high-growth, VC-funded startups
, 65–67
principles
, 67–68
systems
, 3
transformational leadership as leading style in high-growth firms
, 63–64
VC-funded startups in pursuit of innovation and growth
, 60–62
Lifecycle models
, 62
Management
, 8
Market
knowledge
, 81
market-driven internationalization
, 115
seeking
, 114
McKinsey
, 134
Meta/Facebook
, 131, 141, 150
Ministry of Economic Affairs
, 149
Multidimensionality of firm growth
, 9
MyChoco
, 136–140
Narrative literature reviews
, 10
National Reform Program of Germany
, 93
Natural resource seeking
, 114
Networking
, 92
New research directions
, 3
Non-technological innovation
, 22
Orgaizational dimension
, 70
Output-oriented variables
, 61
Penrose’s theory of growth
, 8
performance orientation
, 4, 69–70
Person-related factors
, 62
Pfizer
, 123
Planning
, 10
Policy
agenda
, 78
instruments
, 78
makers
, 69
measures
, 83
policy-relevant information
, 79
Policy recommendations
, 82
Population ecology
, 8
Preselected from publication
, 9
Productivity growth
, 129
Profit in gazelle growth
, 132–141
Psychology
, 8
Public policy in Germany
, 93
Purpose and profit in gazelle growth
, 132
Qualitative growth of gazelle
, 61, 134–136
Qualitative methods
, 14–16
Qualitative norms
, 83
Quality
of education
, 26
of gazelles’ growth
, 131
Quantitative growth of gazelle
, 61, 134–136
Quantitative methods
, 14–16
Regional clusters
, 43
Regional distribution, description of
, 47–49
Relative definition
, 9
Reporting
, 10
Research delimitation criteria
, 12
Research methods
, 14–15
Resources
, 26
Review protocol
, 10, 13
Sector distribution, description of
, 49–51
Selection criteria
, 80, 86, 97–98
Shared leadership
, 64
Shared value approach
, 132
Small Business Economics
, 12
Small firms
, 78, 97
Social accounting and auditing (SAA), 135n3
Social entrepreneurship
, 133
Social interactions
, 3
Social market economy
, 92–93
“Social Responsibilities of the Businessman”
, 132
Social responsibility
, 132
Societally engaged gazelles
, 127–142
Sociology
, 8
Soft support measures
, 95, 98
Spatial distribution of German gazelles
, 42–43
Stakeholders
, 132
Startup
, 60–61
Statistical regularity
, 8
Strategic asset seeking
, 114
Strategic management
, 27
Strategy
, 18–20, 26
factors
, 27
Super Corporate Citizenship Gazelles (Super-CCGazelles)
, 150
SuperCCGazelles
, 141
Superstar firm
, 60, 131, 141, 150
Superstar Gazelles
, 135, 141
Support programs
, 91
Sustainable growth
, 70
Systematic literature review method (SLR method)
, 10
flowchart
, 14
strategy and process
, 10–12
Technological development level
, 21
Technology Fast 50 contest
, 128
Technology-related knowledge
, 81
Thematic analysis
, 12
Theoretical gazelle growth model
, 10
Theoretical model of gazelle growth
, 25
Third Bureaucracy Relief Act
, 93
Transformational leadership as leading style in high-growth firms
, 63–64
“Trigger points” concept
, 94
Trust
, 68
Two-stage reporting method
, 12
Uber
, 131, 141
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
, 134
Value-creation potential
, 60
Values dimension
, 67–68
Venture capital (VC)
, 21, 60–61, 147
financing
, 81
leadership in VC-funded startups
, 65–67
Venture capital-funded startups
, 65–67
Venture capitalists
, 71
Young Innovative Companies (YICs)
, 12
- Prelims
- Chapter 1: Setting the Scene and Marking the Trail for New Directions in Gazelle Research
- Chapter 2: Catching Up with Gazelles: A Systematic Literature Review of High Growth Antecedents
- Chapter 3: Spotting Gazelles in Germany. Occurrence and Distribution of High-Growth Firms in Europe’s Largest Economy
- Chapter 4: Leadership in High-Growth, Venture Capital-Funded Startups – A Qualitative Study of Berlin-Based Firms
- Chapter 5: Gazelle Policy Conundrums: Some Prudent Avenues for Supporting Gazelles in Germany
- Chapter 6: How and Why Internationalization Facilitates High Firm Growth
- Chapter 7: Exploring the Janus-faced Nature of Gazelles’ Corporate Citizenship: Societally Engaged Gazelles versus Superstar Firms
- Chapter 8: Taking Stock and Moving Forward: Some Concluding Remarks on Gazelle Firms and Gazelle Research
- Index