What is a Scalable Business?

Jyrki Ali-Yrkkö, Ari Hyytinen, Mika Pajarinen and Petri Rouvinen

No 109, ETLA Brief from The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

Abstract: Abstract Scalable business creates good opportunities for productivity growth. Unlike previous studies, in this study, scalability was defined through a business model. This metric does not require growth in the past but is forward-looking in nature and indicates the scalability potential. Our descriptive analyses indicate that companies’ own perceptions on their scalability significantly varies between industries. Interestingly, based on our empirical results, companies’ digital business, international orientation and growth aspiration are positively linked on scalability. Moreover, an indicator for the ventures that report having created their business idea predicts scalability.

Keywords: Scalability; Scaling; Digital; Growth; Potential; Company; Firm-level (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 L23 L25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
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