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Trigger points and high growth firms : the vital role of founder “sensing” and “seizing” capabilities
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dc.contributor.author | Rees-Jones, Rachel | |
dc.contributor.author | Brown, Ross C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Evans-Jones, Dylan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-09T10:30:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-09T10:30:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-01-03 | |
dc.identifier | 295690499 | |
dc.identifier | c0455774-545b-4463-b156-0f6b2d225d81 | |
dc.identifier | 85179967897 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rees-Jones , R , Brown , R C & Evans-Jones , D 2024 , ' Trigger points and high growth firms : the vital role of founder “sensing” and “seizing” capabilities ' , International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research , vol. 30 , no. 1 , pp. 1-22 . https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-05-2023-0533 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1355-2554 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-6164-7639/work/152898807 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/29196 | |
dc.description | The authors wish to acknowledge the funding this research received from the Welsh Government through the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP). | en |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose Research on high growth firms (HGFs) is booming yet a strong conceptual understanding of how these firms obtain (and sustain) rapid growth remains (at best) partial. The main purpose of this paper to explore the role founders play in enabling episodes of rapid growth and how they help navigate this process. Design/methodology/approach This paper reports the findings from a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs enlisted onto a publicly funded high growth business accelerator programme in Wales. These interviews explored the causes of the firms’ rapid growth, their key growth trigger points, and the organisational consequences of rapid growth. Findings The research reveals that periods of high growth are intrinsically and inextricably inter-linked with the entrepreneurial traits and capabilities of their founders coupled with their ability to “sense” and “seize” pivotal growth opportunities. It also demonstrates founder-level dynamic capabilities enable firms to capitalise on pivotal “trigger points” thereby enabling their progression to a new “dynamic state” in a firm’s temporal evolution. Originality/value The novel approach towards theory building deployed herein is the use of theoretical elaboration as means of extending important existing theoretical constructs such as growth “trigger points” and founder dynamic capabilities. To capitalise on these trigger points, founders have to undergo a process of “temporal transitioning” to effectively manage and execute the growth process in firms. The work also has important policy implications, underlining the need for more relational forms of support for entrepreneurial founders. | |
dc.format.extent | 22 | |
dc.format.extent | 705677 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research | en |
dc.subject | High growth firms | en |
dc.subject | Growth trigger points | en |
dc.subject | Founders | en |
dc.subject | Dynamic capabilities | en |
dc.subject | Public policy | en |
dc.subject | HD28 Management. Industrial Management | en |
dc.subject | E-NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HD28 | en |
dc.title | Trigger points and high growth firms : the vital role of founder “sensing” and “seizing” capabilities | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Management (Business School) | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Good | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Responsible Banking and Finance | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1108/IJEBR-05-2023-0533 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2023-12-19 |
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