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Identifying and Understanding High Growth Firms in the Pakistani Textile and Apparel Sectors

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  • Waqar Wadho

    (Lahore School of Economics)

  • Azam Chaudhry

    (Lahore School of Economics)

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  • Waqar Wadho & Azam Chaudhry, 2019. "Identifying and Understanding High Growth Firms in the Pakistani Textile and Apparel Sectors," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 24(2), pages 73-92, July-Dec.
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    Keywords

    Firm growth; employment creation; young innovative companies; textiles; Pakistan;
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    JEL classification:

    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship

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