A growth curve is a visual depiction of how something changes over time, where the x-axis represents time and the y-axis growth. Learn how they're used in business.

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Visits to a pediatrician next year might look a little different thanks to a new growth curve chart slated to be released in the spring of 2006. And a Calvin College professor is currently working in ...

They are the authors of Jumping the S-Curve: How to Beat the Growth Cycle, Get on Top, and Stay There (Harvard Business Review Press, 2011), from which this article is adapted.