Organizational Identity and Firm Growth

Properties of Growth, Contextual Identities and Micro-Level Processes

Christoph Dörrenbächer, Matthias Tomenendal, Sarah Stanske, Christoph Dörrenbächer, Matthias Tomenendal, Sarah Stanske

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781137577238
• eBook ISBN: 9781137577245
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Management
• Index: Business

This edited volume focuses on the interplay between organizational identities and firm growth, an area which remains largely unexplored. Firm growth in its various forms is omnipresent in the contemporary business environment, but does not always lead to positive results. At the same time, some organizations are growing faster than their peers, leading to questions of organizational growth antecedents. In addition to the dominant economic reasons in strategic literature, the volume seeks to integrate psychological aspects to the discourse, thereby considering the micro, meso and macro level. By providing both insights into international academic thinking and into practical examples of small and medium-sized companies in Berlin, the authors identify new findings concerning successful growth strategies.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• 1: Organizational Identity and Firm Growth: An Introduction
• 2: Organizational Identity and Its Applications: A Direction for Further Research
• 3: Organizational Identity in Management Consulting Firms: Professional Partnerships and Managed Professional Businesses Compa ed
• 4: Tracing Gazelles: An Exploration into Identities of Rapidly Growing Companies
• 5: The Role of Shared Identity Projects in Fostering Regional Innovation and Growth
• 6: Organizational Identity and International Firm Growth: Some Theoretical Considerations
• 7: Organizational Identity, Global Mindset and the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
• 8: Concluding Remarks: Organizational Identity in a Transforming World
• Index