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The impact of managers' attitudes on SMEs' growth in northern Sweden

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  • Anders Isaksson
  • Vladimir Vanyushyn
  • Peter Hultén

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This paper examines the impact of managers' attitudes to growth on the realised growth in a sample of 1,416 small firms in northern Sweden. The findings demonstrate a positive relationship between the managers' attitudes and the actual growth outcomes. Zero-growth firms turned out different from both positive- and negative- growth firms with regard to managers' attitude towards growth as a competitive necessity. The owners of zero-growth firms perceived their firms as a primary source of income and employment. Our findings, therefore, provide indications of how attitudes affect outcomes among SMES that aspire to grow.

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  • Anders Isaksson & Vladimir Vanyushyn & Peter Hultén, 2013. "The impact of managers' attitudes on SMEs' growth in northern Sweden," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 18(3), pages 298-312.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:18:y:2013:i:3:p:298-312
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    1. Hanna Rydehell & Anders Isaksson & Hans Löfsten, 2019. "Effects Of Internal And External Resource Dimensions On The Business Performance Of New Technology-Based Firms," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 23(01), pages 1-29, January.

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