Drivers of firm growth : a case study in Belgian chemical industry

This thesis's theme had its origin based on a managerial problem concerning the chemical industry in Belgium, and regards a sales growth analysis focused on seven well known Belgian chemical firms and over the period 2002-13. In order to perform such analysis, a comparative analysis is done between the Belgian chemical firms and two benchmarks; namely, BASF and The Dow Chemical Company. In this comparative analysis, two groups are defined: one that grew significantly more over the period 2002-13 (benchmarks); another one with lower and even negative growth rates (rest of the firms). In this co... Mehr ...