Tightening the Life-Cycle Construct: A Taxonomic Study of Growth Stage Configurations in High-Technology Organizations

Steven H. Hanks, Collin J. Watson, Erik Jansen and Gaylen N. Chandler

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 1994, vol. 18, issue 2, 5-29

Abstract: Over the years much has been written about the organization life cycle, yet there has been remarkably little attention given to the underlying construct of a life-cycle stage. It is proposed in this study that each life-cycle stage consists of a unique configuration of variables related to organization context and structure. Cluster analysis is used to derive a taxonomy of growth stage configurations in a sample of 126 high-technology organizations. The derived configurations suggest a sequence of four growth stages.

Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1177/104225879401800201

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