Amat Salas, OriolAntón Renart, MarcosGarcía, María José2023-02-132023-02-132013Amat O, Antón M, García MJ. Factors that determine the evolution of high-growth businesses. Intangible Capital. 2013;9(2):379-91. DOI: 10.3926/ic.4492014-3214http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55742The study herein discusses research aimed at elucidating the factors that contribute to a business’ ability to maintain high growth. The database from the Iberian Balance Sheet Analysis System (SABI, from its initials in Spanish) was used to identify 250 industrial Catalonian businesses with high growth during 2004-2007. These companies participated in a survey on strategies and management practices; in 2013, they were re-analyzed to investigate the factors that contributed to continued growth for certain companies. Through diverse statistical techniques, business policies related to quality, innovation, internationalization and finance were shown to influence business growth and sustainability over time. This study focuses on industrial businesses at least ten years old in Catalonia; thus, the conclusions may differ in other geographic locations and economic sectors, as well as for smaller businesses. Because growth is a measure of business success, identifying variables that contribute to high growth and its sustainability is helpful for businesses that seek to adopt effective policies. Generating employment is one of the primary contributions by high-growth businesses. For years with high unemployment, authorities may be interested in corporate policies that strengthen high-growth businesses. High-growth businesses have been studied throughout the world, but this is the first study to investigate the evolution of businesses after a high-growth phase.application/pdfeng© Intangible Capital, 2013 (www.intangiblecapital.org). El artículo está con Reconocimiento-NoComercial 3.0 de Creative Commons. Puede copiarlo, distribuirlo y comunicarlo públicamentesiempre que cite a su autor y a Intangible Capital. No lo utilice para fines comerciales. La licencia completa se puede consultar en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3926/ic.449UalityHigh-growth businessesBusiness evolutionFinancial informationInnovationInternationalizationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess