It was understood throughout the profession that there were limits on firm growth.
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While it is widely (or maybe not so widely) believed that Wal-Mart wipes out local jobs and depresses wages, "the findings suggest the opposite: Firm growth, employment and total earnings were somewhat stronger in Wal-Mart counties, " the report says.
In 2013, the beads and bones of my childhood point to firm growth for Mozambique, with investment in the country's natural resources sectors, particularly coal and gas, the major driver while the power problems in Tanzania are unlikely to prevent it becoming one of Africa's economic growth stories.
E-Commerce will again be a driver of revenue this year, rising by an expected 12%, according to research firm Customer Growth Partners.
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Retail consulting and research firm Customer Growth Partners is on the high end, saying that that holiday retail sales will grow by 4.5% this year. 2009 saw sluggish growth of 1.9%, on the heels of a 3.9% decline in 2008.
The round was led by Europe-based late stage private equity firm Investor Growth Capital, with new investors Goldman Sachs and Accolade Partners (which is a limited partner in venture funds), along with existing investors Northbridge Venture Partners, Sigma Partners and Tenaya Capital.
The article does a great job putting this in perspective: the average high-growth firm adds 88 employees per year compared to 2-3 for the average non-high growth small business.
Much of the firm's growth strategy is tied to international markets, said Chief Executive Leon Trammell.
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The move marked "the next big step" in the firm's growth, he said.
The analysis firm predicts that growth rate will increase to 1.1% this year.
The generous explanation is that Hikari Tsushin's accountants and administrators have simply failed to keep pace with the firm's growth.
Since competition was limited by constraints on firm entry and growth, badly managed firms were not rapidly driven from the market.
While the firm had a growth plan, "there was never a sincere commitment to the resources we needed to grow, " he says.
Without the hard work of pruning, simplifying and continually reshaping the firm, unbridled growth gets out of control like a garden overrun with weeds.
Another firm seeing stellar growth is Atlanta Capital Group.
The firm is Ag Growth International, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
However, the firm warned that growth opportunities in its core markets in the UK and Ireland were "limited" and said it planned to "mitigate these risks through careful forecasting".
For 2013, the firm is projecting growth of 1.7%.
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The Guildhall's chairman of governors, Sir John Carter, said the discussions would build on the "excellent work of the two universities", providing a firm foundation for growth to meet the needs of London.
The Republicans have not shown a firm grasp of economic growth policy for over a decade.
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The firm looks for annual growth of 2% to 4% for the next couple of years.
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At Peterson Partners, a small growth capital firm, we decided our business was going to be all about the entrepreneurs we backed.
This conference provides an opportunity to lay a firm foundation for solid growth and progress for Least Developed Countries over the next 10 years.
The most common accusation is that Tyco used thousands of acquisitions to play accounting tricks that became the source of the firm's earnings growth.
Since 1950, the firm adds that the growth in tort costs has exceeded the expansion in gross domestic product by an average of two percentage points.
At Ladbrokes, betting machines accounted last year for two-thirds of the firm's total growth of UK retail gross win - basically the money the unsuccessful punter leaves behind.
The company's main areas of growth were Asia, Oceania and Africa, where the firm achieved more than 7% internal growth.
Webb, CEO of growth and strategy firm Lassen Innovation, decided to go in the opposite direction.
But the analytics firm Kantar has seen significant growth for Windows Phone, largely at the expense of BlackBerry.
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