Abstract:
In Addis Ababa the city administration graduating small enterprises into
medium enterprises in a bid to promote broader social objectives like job
creation. The enterprises after fulfilling the required asset liability
threshold joined their new rank. However, there Journey as a firm is not
studied as such as theirs graduation is relatively a new phenomenon for
the city. The enterprises graduating taking their growth trajectory into
consideration. This study set out to examine what firm level growth is, how
factors like access to finance, market networking, training and leadership
development, strategy and management cohesion, as well as government
support affects enterpris4es in keeping their growth momentum. The result
shows despite the variation in degree all factors have positive relation with
firm level growth.
