FIRM'S GROWTH PROFILES AND CEO'S ATTITUDES: THE MODERATING ROLE OF GROWTH INTENTION ON FIRM'S GROWTH?

Laure Ambroise (1) , Nathalie Claveau (1) , Muriel Perez (1) , Isabelle Prim-Allaz (1) , Martine Séville (1) , Christine Teyssier (1)

1 COACTIS - COnception de l'ACTIon en Situation

The question of SME growth has been a concern of scholars, managers, practitioners and governments for a long time. The reality of growth appears to be multi-dimensional (Davidsson and Wiklund, 2006) and its determinants and measurements, especially in small businesses, have always presented a significant challenge for researchers. Hindering growth requires a good knowledge of the causes, the effects and the processes of development. Current studies on the firm's growth suggest that it is fundamental to develop integrative and comprehensive approaches of growth. More precisely, research on business growth tend to focus on entrepreneurial orientation, environmental characteristics, firm's resources and manager's personal attitudes towards growth (Wiklund and al., 2009). It also points out a need to study the influence of entrepreneurial decision making and entrepreneurial growth intention on the business growth (Achtenhagen and al., 2010). This research is an attempt to make some progress in the understanding of the SME's growth by using an integrative model of influences that allows envisaging the simultaneous influences of the firm's growth profiles (the firm's affiliation to one of the growth paths obtained in a statistical typology) and the CEO's behavior on the growth rate (in terms of

Mots clés: SME's growth; high growth; growth profiles; CEO's growth intentions; CEO's; attitudes; CEO's strategic styles; CEO's abilities

Domaines: Gestion et management

Laure Ambroise, Nathalie Claveau, Muriel Perez, Isabelle Prim-Allaz, Martine Séville, et al.. FIRM'S GROWTH PROFILES AND CEO'S ATTITUDES: THE MODERATING ROLE OF GROWTH INTENTION ON FIRM'S GROWTH?. 27th RENT conference, Vilnius, Nov 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania. ⟨hal-01613823⟩