Abstract High-growth enterprises (HGEs) have a large economic impact but are notoriously hard to predict. Previous research has linked high-growth episodes the configuration of lumpy indivisible resources inside firms, such that high capacity utilisation levels might stimulate future growth. We theorize firms reaching critically reach “trigger point” involving either broad-based investment in f...

Humans are remarkably limited in: (i) how many control-dependent tasks they can execute simultaneously, and (ii) intensely focus on a single task. These limitations universal assumptions of most theories cognition. Yet, rationale for why humans subject to these constraints remains elusive. This feature review draws recent insights from psychology, neuroscience, machine learning, suggest that co...