Support for one reserach Paper presented durin the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management

1. DEVELOPPING AND TESTING A TYPOLOGY OF GROWTH STRATEGIES: A CONFIGURATIONAL APPROACH Olivier Witmeur (B), Solvay Brussels School, Université libre de Bruxelles Alain Fayolle (F), EM Lyon Academy of Management Annual Meeting ENT Division – Paper Session 1307 Montreal, Augustus 10th, 2010

3. 1. Context and objectives

9. 2. Research Design & Method

11. Design of the research AoM 2010 - Witmeur & Fayolle - Growth Configurations Typology

12. Building the typology AoM 2010 - Witmeur & Fayolle - Growth Configurations Typology

13. The case method AoM 2010 - Witmeur & Fayolle - Growth Configurations Typology Time ordered matrix

14. 3. Findings

18. The 4 cases allow for the analysis of 15 configurations AoM 2010 - Witmeur & Fayolle - Growth Configurations Typology A1 A2 A3 + F1 C1 C2 C3 M1 M2 M3 W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

19. 4. Data Analysis & Discussion

21. AoM 2010 - Witmeur & Fayolle - Growth Configurations Typology

24. Ideal-types vs configurations AoM 2010 - Witmeur & Fayolle - Growth Configurations Typology

26. Stylized Growth Patterns AoM 2010 - Witmeur & Fayolle - Growth Configurations Typology P0 P1 P3 P2 S1 S3 S2 A1 A2 A3 W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 C1 C2 C3 M1 M2 M3

28. 5. Conclusions

31. Main implications AoM 2010 - Witmeur & Fayolle - Growth Configurations Typology Relevance of the configuration approach to deal with the complexity of growth Typology Development + Test Conditions and implications of different growth strategies for EISF and ESV