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Eight Propositions About Scale-ups

In: Scale-ups and High-Growth Firms

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  • Alex Coad

    (Waseda University)

  • Anders Bornhäll

    (Institute of Retail Economics)

  • Sven-Olov Daunfeldt

    (Confederation of Swedish Enterprise)

  • Alexander McKelvie

    (Syracuse University)

Abstract

This chapter pushes further in our investigation of the nature of scale-ups by introducing the following eight propositions about scale-ups: (1) a scale up is a concept born of practitioners, not academics; (2) scale-ups are not just in the IT sector, but may be enabled by IT; (3) a scale-up is a qualitative concept from a ‘stages-of-growth’ model; (4) scaling up involves structural transformation; (5) a scale-up does not exist anywhere in a pure form; (6) scale-ups differ by degree, not by kind; (7) many scale-ups are exceptions; and (8) there may never be a standardized empirical definition of scale-up. Each of these eight propositions was either not clear, or was misunderstood, in some previous work.

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  • Alex Coad & Anders Bornhäll & Sven-Olov Daunfeldt & Alexander McKelvie, 2024. "Eight Propositions About Scale-ups," SpringerBriefs in Business, in: Scale-ups and High-Growth Firms, chapter 0, pages 19-30, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:spbrcp:978-981-97-1379-0_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-1379-0_4
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