The sociology of entrepreneurship

PH Thornton - Annual review of sociology, 1999 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Recent research on entrepreneurship by sociologists has focused on subsectors
of the discipline rather than on entrepreneurship as a class. This review draws insights from …

New venture growth: A review and extension

BA Gilbert, PP McDougall… - Journal of …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
New venture growth differs from that of established firms and is an important topic for
scholarly inquiry. Current literature on new venture growth has focused primarily on why …

In the horns of the dilemma: Socioemotional wealth, financial wealth, and acquisitions in family firms

LR Gomez-Mejia, PC Patel… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
We posit that family firms often face a dilemma in their strategic decision making: whether to
maintain current socioemotional wealth or pursue prospective financial wealth. Applying …

How entrepreneurial ecosystems take form: Evidence from social impact initiatives in Seattle

TA Thompson, JM Purdy… - Strategic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Research Summary: This research uses insights from field theory to explore the early
moments of how entrepreneurial ecosystems form through everyday interactions. We …

[KÖNYV][B] Organizations evolving

H Aldrich - 1999 - books.google.com
Winner of the 2000 Max Weber prize, awarded by the Section on Organizations,
Occupations, and Work, of the American Sociological Association, for the best book on …

[KÖNYV][B] A general theory of entrepreneurship: The individual-opportunity nexus

SA Shane - 2003 - books.google.com
'This ambitious book draws upon a wide variety of literature in develo** a comprehensive
theory of entrepreneurship, ranging from the discovery of entrepreneurial activities, to …

Networking, coopetition and sustainability of tourism destinations

TQT Nguyen, P Johnson, T Young - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism …, 2022 - Elsevier
While cooperation is widely recognised as beneficial for sustainable tourism, the role of
coopetition is not well understood. Coopetition is a process reflective of the coexistence of …

The categorical imperative: Securities analysts and the illegitimacy discount

EW Zuckerman - American journal of sociology, 1999 - journals.uchicago.edu
This article explores the social processes that produce penalties for illegitimate role
performance. It is proposed that such penalties are illuminated in markets that are …

Global cities and multinational enterprise location strategy

A Goerzen, CG Asmussen, BB Nielsen - Location of International Business …, 2014 - Springer
We combine the concept of location derived by economic geographers with theories of the
multinational enterprise (MNE) and the liability of foreignness developed by international …

Why do firms imitate each other?

MB Lieberman, S Asaba - Academy of management review, 2006 - journals.aom.org
Scholars from diverse disciplines have proposed numerous theories of business imitation.
We organize these theories into two broad categories:(1) information-based theories, where …