The growth of firms : a survey of theories and empirical evidence Much progress has been made in empirical research into firm growth in recent decades due to factors such as the availability of detailed longitudinal datasets more powerful computers and new econometric techniques. This book provides an up to date catalogue of empirical work as well as a coherent theoretical structure within which these new results can be interpreted and understood. It brings together a large body of recent research on firm growth from a multidisciplinary perspective providing an up to date synthesis of stylized facts and empirical regularities. Numerous empirical findings and theories of firm growth are also surveyed and compared in order to evaluate their validity 1. Introduction 2. Firm size distributions 3. Growth rates distributions 4. Gibrats Law 5. Profits productivity and firm growth 6. Innovation and firm growth 7. Other determinants of firm growth 8. Theoretical perspectives 9. Growth strategies 10. Growth of small and large firms 11. Conclusion