Firm Facts III:Variance in Growth RatesDecrease with Firm Size

S ~ r0-b

b ­ 0.15 ± 0.03 (sales)

b ­ 0.16 ± 0.03 (employees)

Stanley, Amaral, Buldyrev, Havlin,

Leschhorn, Maass,, Salinger and Stanley,

Nature, 379 (1996): 804-6

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