- Define and compare different measures of firm growth
- Analyze different reasons and obstacles to growth
- Define and compare different theories of firm growth
- Define different typologies of firm growth and critically evaluate them based on empirically studied growth patterns
- Define key factors of firm growth and exit
- Explain different methods of measuring performance

1. Firm Growth
1.1. Absolute and Relative Growth Rates and Definition of High-Growth Businesses
1.2. Reasons for Growth
1.3. Barriers to Growth
1.4. Active and Passive Growth
2. Growth and Optimal Size of a Firm
2.1. Microeconomic Theory of Optimal Size
2.2. Transaction Cost Theory
2.3. Industrial Organization Theory
2.4. Theory of Dynamic Models of Business Growth
3. Growth Typologies
3.1. Overview of Different Growth Typologies and Case Studies
4. Factors of Firm Growth
4.1. Internal Factors with an Emphasis on Efficiency and Methods of Measuring Efficiency
4.2. External Factors
5. Factors of Firm Exit from the Market
5.1. Internal Factors
5.2. External Factors
5.3. Harvesting Strategies