Factors of growth in medium enterprises (the case of addis ababa)

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.