Promises and Properties of Rapidly Growing Companies

Florian Becker-Ritterspach is a Professor of Organization at the HTW Berlin (Faculty of Business and Law), Germany. Christoph Dörrenbächer is a Professor of Organizational Design and Behaviour in International Business at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (Faculty of Business and Economics), Germany.Matthias Tomenendal is a Professor of Management and Consulting at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (Faculty of Business and Economics), Germany, and acts as the Director of the Berlin Professional School.

• Chapter 1. Setting the Scene and Marking the Trail for New Directions in Gazelle Research; Florian Becker-Ritterspach, Christoph Dörrenbächer, and Matthias Tomenendal Chapter 2. Catching up with Gazelles: A Systematic Literature Review of High Growth Antecedents; Preetam Gaikwad Chapter 3. Spotting Gazelles in Germany. Occurrence and Distribution of High-Growth Firms in Europe’s Largest Economy; Christian Raffer and Matthias Tomenendal Chapter 4. Leadership in High-Growth, Venture Capital-Funded Startups – A Qualitative Study of Berlin-Based Firms; Miriam Hamam and Matthias Tomenendal Chapter 5. Gazelle Policy Conundrums: Some Prudent Avenues for Supporting Gazelles in Germany; Preetam Gaikwad and Christoph Dörrenbächer Chapter 6. How and Why Internationalization Facilitates High Firm Growth; Florian Becker-Ritterspach Chapter 7. Exploring the Janus-Faced Nature of Gazelles’ Corporate Citizenship: Societally Engaged Gazelles Vs. Superstar Firms; Christoph Dörrenbächer, Matthias Tomenendal, Anna-Luisa Grebe, and Julia ThielemannChapter 8. Taking Stock and Moving Forward: Some Concluding Remarks on Gazelle Firms and Gazelle Research; Matthias Tomenendal, Florian Becker-Ritterspach, and Christoph Dörrenbächer