Andrew C. Corbett & Jerome A. Katz 
Reflections and Extensions on Key Papers of the First Twenty-Five Years of Advances [PDF ebook] 

Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth provides an annual examination of the major currentresearch, theoretical and methodological efforts in the field ofentrepreneurship and its related disciplines, including firm emergence andgrowth research. The Advances series also publishes papers from other fields, such as strategy, organizational behavior or sociology, that useentrepreneurial samples or make a contribution to entrepreneurial theory orresearch. It is a key source of articles-of-record for major concepts in thediscipline of entrepreneurship. Volume 20, Reflections and Extensions on Key Papers of the First Twenty-Five Years of Advances, is thefirst in a two volume collection that celebratesthe series‘ anniversary and embodies the idea of "past as prologue." This first volume showcases some of the mostimportant and well-cited papers from the series including works by Dean Shepherd, Zach Zacharakis, and Connie Marie Gaglio. Reflections on their original works by eachauthor as well as commentary by rising scholars of today are also included. The volume demonstrates the timelessness ofthe original classic works and demonstrates how they connect and energizeleading-edge contemporary research in entrepreneurship today.