Small Firm Growth: The Unfolding of a Trigger Point

Abstract

This study combines the concept of trigger points, events preceding bursts of growth, with a linguistic approach to show how firm growth unfolds through a process of translation. By marrying theories and methods rooted in the linguistic turn with firm growth theories, this study brings new insights on growth contributing to both the advancement of the trigger point concept and the wider understanding of entrepreneurial activities as complex and contextually bound processes dependent on human interaction. In doing so, the study also adheres to the current demand for advancing firm growth theory by relaxing the outcome-focussed approach and static life-cycle paradigm, and complementing it with alternative theoretical and methodological perspectives.

Keywords

Firm growth; process; trigger points; linguistic turn; translation; discursive devices

Published in

Journal of Enterprising Culture
2022, volume: 30, number: 2, pages: 161-184

SLU Authors

• Tunberg, Maria

  • Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Gaddefors, Johan

  • Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Business Administration

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218495822500066

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/118515