How firms grow and the influence of size and age
通过追踪60家成长企业1994至2007年的路径，发现初始就业规模而非年龄影响成长路径：小企业更频繁且连续地成长，大企业则呈孤立的大步跳跃。
The growth process is revealed by tracing the diachronic paths followed by sixty growth firms over the period from 1994 through 2007. Initial employment size, rather than age, was found to have some bearing on the nature of the growth path. Smaller firms grew more often and with more continuity than larger firms. In the larger firms, growth occurred in relatively large isolated steps with little continuity. These findings have important implications for how this vital process is conceptualized and managed.