A Terminal Assessment of Stages Theory: Introducing a Dynamic States Approach to Entrepreneurship
分析了1962至2006年间104个创业成长阶段模型，发现缺乏共识和实证支持，进而提出动态状态方法，其解释力更强且与前沿研究兼容。
Stages of growth models were the most frequent theoretical approach to understanding entrepreneurial business growth from 1962 to 2006; they built on the growth imperative and developmental models of that time. An analysis of the universe of such models (n = 104) published in the management literature showed no consensus on basic constructs of the approach, and no empirical confirmation of stages theory. However, by changing two propositions of stages theory, a new dynamic states approach was derived. The dynamic states approach has far greater explanatory power than its precursor, and is compatible with leading edge research in entrepreneurship.