What is Growth

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The rising, in quantitative terms, of an economy; denotes the capacity of an economy of increasing the production of goods and services from one period of time to another. Economic growth is usually measured by the percentage variation of gross domestic product (GDP). Learn more in: Smartness, City Efficiency, and Entrepreneurship Milieu

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An increase in an economy’s capacity to produce goods and services, including through innovation and improvements in technology. Learn more in: Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Policy

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The growth of the agribusiness enterprise in terms of the economic or financial performance. Learn more in: A Model for Success in Agribusiness in the Portuguese Context

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Economic growth; is the increase in overall production of a country. Learn more in: Economic Growth and Environmental Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Market Economies

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This is persistent increase in the economic production of a local economy. Learn more in: The Role of Industrial Development in Nigeria's Transformation From Oil to Cities: The Case of Birnin Kebbi

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Also known as internal capacity building, from a developmental perspective is related to increases in cognitive, emotional (affective), interpersonal (person to person), and intrapersonal (self-to-self) capacities that enable a person to manage better the complexities of work (e.g., leadership, teaching, learning, adaptive challenges) and life. With the experience of growth, or transformational learning (we use these terms interchangeably), a qualitative shift occurs in how a person actively interprets, organizes, understands, and makes sense of his or her experience. Learn more in: Learning and Teaching Qualitative Data Analysis in a US University: Creating Supports and Scaffolds for Researcher Development

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The developmental process by which an organism matures or increases in size. Learn more in: Introduction to Life

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It is often referred to the process of depositing or growing a layer on a given material used as a substrate. Learn more in: In2X3 (X=S, Se, Te) Semiconductor Thin Films: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

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Refers to company growth or economic growth. It denotes a positive development, highly beneficial for companies, investors, and the country's economy in general. Learn more in: Knowledge Spillovers and Strategic Entrepreneurship Revisited: A Review

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A measure of academic progress from year to year based on academic standards. Learn more in: Expanding Equity and Access in State-Authorized Charter Schools

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It is the increase in the income or value of the goods and services that are generated in the economy of a country or region. Learn more in: Green Economic Growth Based on Urban Ecology and Biodiversity

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Results from increased sales along with maintaining profit margins. Consequently, more employees may be necessary. Eventually, expanding operations may become slower. Learn more in: Entrepreneurs' Contributions to Small Business: A Comparison of Success and Failure

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It shows the per cent change of any economic (say) variable in a given time point vis-à-vis a base time point. For example, the growth of income in the year 2016 of a country with respect to the year 2015 can be expressed as [(y 2016 -y 2015 )/y 2015 ]*100 = [dy/y]*100, where y stands for the income variable. Learn more in: Investigating the Economic Vulnerability Factors of Emerging Markets After the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 With a Hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach

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It is often referred to the process of depositing or growing a layer on a given material used as a substrate. Learn more in: Carbon Nanotubes for Photovoltaics

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Increased economic capacity of a country or region. Learn more in: Tourism, Emigration, and Cooperation: A Strategy for Growth and Sustainable Development in a Community of Portuguese-Speaking Member States

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Economic Growth means more output. It indicates a sustained rise in income or output without a change in the structure of the system. Learn more in: Infrastructural Development: An Engine of Growth – An Empirical Study in SAARC Countries