The case of disappearing firms: death or deliverance?
回应Stubbart和Knight关于企业寿命短、管理作用有限的论点，认为不应默认企业应永续存在，并质疑谁从这一假设中受益。
To consider the argument presented in Stubbart and Knight's paper (see, Stubbart C. I. and Knight M. B. (2006), The Case of the Disappearing Firms: Empirical Evidence and Implications, Journal of Organizational Behaviour, Vol. 27, pp. 79-100) that, since the majority of organizations have relatively short life spans, the meta theory (which assumes that organizations could live forever if managed well) is wrong in believing that managers make a difference and therefore research and teaching in business schools will have to be re-thought. Argues that, although Stubbart and Knight are correct to challenge the received wisdom and to call for more systematic investigation into organizational life cycles (and the role and relevance of managers), this focus should not divert attention away from another central question, why should it be assumed that organizations should live forever (who benefits from this assumption)?