Firms Far Up : Productivity, Agglomeration, and High-Growth Firms in Ethiopia (English)

High-growth firms have been widely studied in advanced countries, but little is known about such stellar performers in Africa. Using establishment-level data from Ethiopia, this paper finds that the incidence of high-growth firms stands at an average of 7 percent, a figure comparable to that of advanced countries. High-growth episodes are short-lived, and the likelihood of survival or a subsequent episode is not any higher for high-growth firms. It...

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Grover,Arti Goswami;
Document Date
2019/12/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9099
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Ethiopia,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2019/12/31
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Firms Far Up : Productivity, Agglomeration, and High-Growth Firms in Ethiopia
Keywords
small and medium size enterprise

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Grover,Arti Goswami.

Firms Far Up : Productivity, Agglomeration, and High-Growth Firms in Ethiopia (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9099 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/600161577764526811

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