Rising Stars

Atlanticus Holding.- B Riley Financial.- Joint Corp.- PennyMac Financial Services.- Etsy.- The Trade desk.- Quidel.- ACM Research.- Victory Capital Holding.- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).- AppFolio.- Kinsale Capital Group.- Freedom Holding.- Staar Surgical.- Neurocrine Biosciences.- Fortinet.- Jefferies Financial Group.- Medpace Holdings.- Green Brick Partners.- JD.com.- Kornit Digital.- Medifast.- Vertex  Pharmaceuticals.- Enstar Group.- EPAM Systems.- Veeva Systems.- Logitech International.- PJT Partners.- MVB Financials.- Amazon.- Scotts Miracle-Gro.- Virtu Financial.- Repligen.- Jacobs (Jacobs Engineering Group).- NMI Holding.- Ubiquiti.- Salesforce.- Newmont.- Harbor One Bancorp.- Netflix.- Capstar Financial Holding.- Teradyne.- Century Communities.- SSR Mining.- Merchants Bancorp.- Boston Beer.- Emergent BioSolutions.- Alarm.com Holdings.- StoneX.- Cigna.- Paylocity Holding.- SS&C Technologies Holding.- Hibbet.- LGI Homes.- Align Technology.- Adobe.- Business First Bancshares.- Take Two Interactive Shares.- MarineMax.- Fox Factory Holding.- Charles River Laboratories  International.- Spirit of Texas Banchshares.- DuPont.- M/I Homes.- SLM.- MYR Group.- IES Holding.- Veritex Holding.- First Bancshares.- Brooks Automation.- SVB Financial Group.- Alphabet.- Malibau Boats.- PayPal Holding.- Mid Penn Bancorp.- Strategic Education.- Monolithic Power Systems.- Waterstone Financial.- G.Willi.FOOD International.- KLA.- Lululemon Athletic.- PerkinElmer.- Market Axess Holding.- Ameris Bancorp.- Shyft Group.- Progressive.- Smart Financial.- Superior Group of Companies.- Meta Financials.- Meta Platforms.- Mercury Systems.- National Bank Holding.- Addus Home Care.- LHC Group.- Metropolitan Bank Holding.- Lennar.- 1-800-Flowers.com.- FS Bancorp.- Arch Capital Group.- First Horizon.

B. Rajesh Kumar is a Professor of Finance and Dean-Academics at the Institute of Management Technology in Dubai (UAE). He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur, India). His research interests are in areas of applied corporate finance, valuation, M&A  and sustainability.  He has authored over 65 empirical research papers in refereed journals and has eight scholarly books published by Springer, Academic Press-Elsevier, Palgrave Macmillan and McGraw-Hill.

Companies focus on both organic and inorganic mechanisms in its pursuit for growth. The growth strategies of companies are determined by the industry sector and target market influence. Successful companies utilize multiple growth strategies like market development, disruption, product and channel expansion, strategic alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions and organic growth stimulus. In the modern world, a firm’s success depends on innovation. Fast paced growth for a firm is a function of the extent to which company must learn how to scale up and extend its business, lengthen its expansion phase, accumulate and apply new knowledge to new products and markets faster than competitors. Therefore, there is no 'best strategy'.

Integrates the strategic perspective of growth with the functional areas of management Highlights topics such as financial and risk strategy, ESG, innovation and sustainability Includes case studies to illustrate growth strategies