Conflicting Agendas: Stakeholders, Growth, and Profit

Malin Brännback (), Alan L. Carsrud () and Niklas Kiviluoto ()
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Malin Brännback: Åbo Akademi University
Alan L. Carsrud: Åbo Akademi University
Niklas Kiviluoto: Palmu Evolution Oy

Chapter 6 in Understanding the Myth of High Growth Firms, 2014, pp 75-81 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A part of our reason for writing this book is our frustration with seeing stories in the public media that seems to perpetuate the growth myth. For example, each year Fortune magazine in the USA releases its “500 fasting growing firms” list which is widely reported on by other media outlets like television news shows. As we have indicated in the introduction to this book, the public press around the world seems to revere growth stories, especially the firm that starts in a living room and grows to have employees and brings a product to market. These are the sexy stories about growing firms or stories about the entrepreneurs who have managed to achieve high growth, which makes the average reader think that this must be easy (Shane, The Illusions of Entrepreneurship, 2008).

Keywords: Growth Myth; Requisite Holism; Essentialist Viewpoint; Carsrud; Typical Research Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9457-7_6

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