Company’s size Taxonomy in research: defining and describing medium companies

Abstract

The sample size of a study is one of the most important steps, methodologically, the study allows for its contextualization and validity. In the case of research in the social sciences, there is a difficulty in the context of the impending sized organizations surveyed. The study revealed the need for standardization of the criteria that define the medium organizations to enable comparative studies and to facilitate economic and financial analyzes. It was clear that the definitions currently used stem from society and very little from academia, pointing to the need for more academic settings. The work also shows that the main obstacles to growth remains the high tax burden and shortage of skilled labor and that the main determinants for future growth reside in investing in corporate governance, human resources and geographic expansion.