Firm Growth

Why Business Training Alone Doesn't Close the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship

A study of 20,000 entrepreneurs reveals why training is not a silver bullet, and how family business experience helps women get more from support programs. Women often face barriers to financial Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Joyce Nabisaalu , Kanwal Bokhari and Myeongho David Park

What Makes a Great Startup Ecosystem? Entrepreneurs Learning From One Another

Two neighboring cities offered entrepreneurs many of the same resources—but produced very different outcomes. The difference may lie in how often founders exchange hard-won lessons, challenge one Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Ben Spigel

Why Startup Success Can Become Employee Stress

Growth can bring unwanted side effects: leadership overload, employee burnout, more complicated systems and processes, and a change to the familiar culture. Growth is one of the holy grails of Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: James Bort , Wei Yu and Johan Wiklund