How firms grow and the influence of size and age
How firms grow and the influence of size and age
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10.1177/0266242610383446
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2012-09
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R. Hamilton
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R. Hamilton
通过追踪1994年至2007年期间60家成长型公司所遵循的历时路径，揭示了增长过程。研究发现，初始就业规模（而非年龄）对增长路径的性质有一定影响。小公司比大公司增长更频繁，更有连续性。在较大的公司中，增长发生在相对较大的孤立步骤中，几乎没有连续性。这些发现对如何概念化和管理这一重要过程具有重要意义。
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.