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Specific questions of organization and personnel planning and management are not relevant for all newly founded enterprises. However, for those start-ups aiming at growth, organizational and personnel aspects are of central importance within the context of a target-oriented and systematic growth management. Generally speaking, for all emerging enterprises, initial organizing activities seem to be critical to their survival [Brush et al. (2008)].
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Volkmann, C.K., Tokarski, K.O., Grünhagen, M. (2010). Organization and Personnel. In: Entrepreneurship in a European Perspective. Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-8752-5_5
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