Best Paper awards are presented to authors and co-authors for the overall best papers in the following categories, presented during the USASBE annual conference.

• Best Conceptual Paper (Past Winners)
• Best Empirical Paper (Past Winners)
• Best Practitioner Paper (Past Winners)

Best Conceptual Paper

Year	Paper	Author	University/Institution
2008	-Not awarded-

Best Empirical Paper

Year	Paper	Author	University/Institution
2008	Firm Founding and Systematic Search	James O. Fiet	University of Louisville
		Pankaj Patel	University of Louisville

Best Practioner Paper

Year	Paper	Author	University/Institution
2008	Applachian by Design Case Study	Diane Browning	Applachian by Design
		Barbara Ann Elliott	Applachian by Design
		Debbi D. Brock	Applachian by Design