Factors Limiting Growth in Different Phases of Firm Development : a Systems Theory Approach

• This paper describes some thoughts on local economic development through the focus on existing firms growth potential. It also copes with the need to identify growth limiting factors in these firms in order to enforce growth. Further a number of different firm situations and a number of limiting factors to growth, grouped in categories are described. This presentation is followed by a theoretical discussion of which limiting factors that are to be expected in each of the possible firm situations.

Keyword

Growth

Growth Limiting

Strategy

Job Creation

Entrepreneurship

SME

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