In this study, the present a statistically valid typology of high-growth firms (HGFs), also known as gazelles, to determine if payroll and job growth patterns differ between groups or clusters. Cluster–discriminant analysis was conducted on a cohort of 26,104 HGFs s in Ohio, using data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages from 2010 to 2015. Only 1.2% of all Ohio’s firms can be classified as high growth. The larger herd of gazelles grows consistently, while the other, much smaller pack experiences short, intense growth spurts. Roughly 30% of the two gazelle clusters (Consistent High Growth and Volatile High Growth) are in the information service, financial service, and professional and business service industries, compared with 18% in the low- and slow-growth cluster. The nongazelle HGF cluster has proportionately more businesses in manufacturing and the leisure and hospitality industries than the gazelle clusters.

在这项研究中，提出了一种统计上有效的高增长公司 (HGF)（也称为瞪羚）类型学，以确定群体或集群之间的薪资和就业增长模式是否不同。使用 2010 年至 2015 年就业和工资季度普查的数据，对俄亥俄州的 26,104 个 HGF 进行了集群判别分析。只有 1.2% 的俄亥俄州公司可以归类为高增长企业。较大的瞪羚群持续增长，而另一个小得多的群体经历了短暂而强烈的增长。在两个瞪羚集群（Consistent High Growth 和 Volatile High Growth）中，大约 30% 处于信息服务、金融服务以及专业和商业服务行业，而低速增长集群中的这一比例为 18%。