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.
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.
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Dundee-based ATM advertising firm i-design has reported "encouraging" opportunities for growth after posting first-half pre-tax profits.
By 2011, when the economy is likely to have picked up again, the firm expects spending on in-store growth to accelerate.
Picture People, which is owned by private-equity firm Blackstreet Capital, says it has had positive same-store sales growth and customer traffic in the latest year, and had not seen a slowdown.
And our strategy here at MTB Investment Advisors is very much oriented towards looking for companies with superior business models that provide a firm foundation for long-term, sustainable growth.
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.
Aetna, an old Connecticut insurance firm, was trying to shift from low-growth financial services into the booming managed-care business.
The firm has been seeing double-digit annual sales growth in North America, driven by interest from do-it-yourself chains and insulating commercial buildings, and expects this growth to continue.
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.
In the case of Apple, the decision as to what to do with its cash is tied up with a broader discussion about whether the company is transforming itself from being a growth stock - a highly innovative firm that reinvests its profits in expansion and new products - into a mature company with a stable business that pays a regular dividend.
The firm forecasts global base metals demand growth will rise 5-6% in 2013.
As part of a strategy begun a little over a year ago that bears the catchy title "Managing for Growth, " the London-based firm, long known for its risk-averse, frugal culture, is out recruiting specialists in merger advisory in a bid to crack the top tier.
As part of its mid-term strategic initiatives announced in April 2012, Sony identified resource optimization as one of the key initiatives for transforming its electronics business and Sony has since been progressively implementing various structural reform measures to optimize costs, streamline its overall organization, accelerate decision-making processes and establish firm foundations for sustainable future growth.
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Edinburgh-based distribution and aviation firm John Menzies has announced a growth in profits despite "tough" market conditions.
It may be the firm best positioned to leverage Brazil's explosive middle-class growth.
The firm's Item Club forecast predicts strong growth and below-target inflation, but tighter profit margins which could hit investments and jobs by next year.
Research firm Strategic Insight forecasts the industry's boom-time annual growth rate of 25% is likely to slow to 10%, but that's not bad considering the market's troubles.
Bolthouse Farms, which is owned by private-equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners, experienced compound annual net sales growth of 7% from 2010 to 2012.
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Despite the sharply lower profits and a negative climate for business banking in the US, the firm said it was still confident it could deliver double-digit income growth this year.
Electra Partners, a big British private-equity firm, says it specialises in finding firms with low growth and complex challenges that it thinks it can clean up and put on a faster growth track.
Sometimes paradoxically in the Venture Capital start-up world, it is easier to raise money than to execute a strategy, specifically in achieving victory as the top firm globally in terms of subscribers and market share (in hyper-growth, revenues and profitability stand behind world domination).
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The Edinburgh-based firm said the move would be used to pursue an acquisitive growth strategy.
The Glasgow-based firm said it would aim to meet the targets through organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
The consulting firm, which has a huge financial-services practice, has seen revenue growth slow this year, but its advice on financial restructuring and regulation is in demand.
Overall, since America abandoned the firm link to gold of Bretton Woods, real economic growth (1972-2010) has been a full percentage point lower than during the Bretton Woods era (1948-1971).
In October 2007 he engineered the purchase of Business Objects, a Franco-American software firm whose products are supposed to drive SAP's future growth.
Anthony is the president of Innosight LLC, an innovation-strategy consulting firm, and the lead author of The Innovator's Guide to Growth.
Several resource-sector shares fell, amid uncertainty over Chinese demand growth and after a firm U.S. dollar pressured commodity prices in New York Wednesday.
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