Survival and Growth Patterns among New Technology‐Based Firms: Empirical Study of Cohort 2006 in Sweden
研究了瑞典2006年成立的新技术企业队列在经历经济繁荣和2008年衰退后的生存与增长情况，发现72%的企业存活至2014年底，存活企业创造了更多就业，但高增长企业极少。
This study investigates the survival and growth trends in a cohort of new technology‐based firms (NTBFs) established in Sweden in 2006. This cohort has faced both an economic upswing and a severe downturn, which started in 2008, and by 2014 provides 8 years of historical records. Our study makes several contributions to the current understanding of NTBF survival and growth. First, our empirical observations show that many NTBFs (72 percent) from the 2006 cohort were still operating at the end of 2014, indicating a much higher survival rate than those found in previous studies. Second, surviving firms from the 2006 cohort positively affected employment, as their annual job creation was higher than the reduction in employment caused by exiting firms. Third, very few companies experienced high‐growth during their first 7 years, and employment growth and sales growth were highly correlated among high‐growth firms.