Firm Growth, Diversification and Success: An Analysis of the Expansion Path within and across Industries: Strategische Unternehmensentwicklung und Industrietransformation

Dr. Fabian Günther promovierte bei Prof. Dr. Thomas Hutzschenreuter am Lehrstuhl für Unternehmensentwicklung und Electronic Media Management an der WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar. Er ist bei The Boston Consulting Group in Berlin tätig.

The expansion of firms is a subject of high interest for both management research and business life. Managers often name expansion as a central goal for their firms in order to increase firm value.

Fabian Günther addresses growth within and across industries and analyzes whether differences in the growth process impact further development as well as financial success. The author identifies the capacity and capabilities of a firm's management both as an accelerator of as well as a restriction for the growth process and its outcomes. On this basis, challenges of the growth process from a complexity perspective are discussed. Specifically, the author deals with status and process complexity as well as the amount and the volatility of complexity over time and empirically tests their impact on further firm development and performance.