To acquire resources, new ventures need to be perceived as legitimate. For this to occur, a
venture must meet the expectations of various audiences with differing norms, standards …

'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 …

Hence, social control, so far from tending to crush out the human individual or to obliterate
his selfconscious individuality, is, on the contrary, actually constitutive of and inextricably …

Entrepreneurship is increasingly the domain of organizations and regions, not individuals.
These organizations and regions are environments rich in entrepreneurial opportunities and …

Theory and research concerning organizational identity (“who we are as an organization”) is
a burgeoning domain within organization study. A great deal of conceptual and empirical …

We investigated the processes involved in forming an organizational identity, which we
studied during the founding of a distinctive new college by using an interpretive, insider …

Organizations often experience difficulty when pursuing new technology. Large bodies of
research have examined the behavioral, social, and cognitive forces that underlie this …

The growing number of studies referencing the concept of mission drift implies that such drift
is an undesirable strategic outcome related to inconsistent organizational action, yet beyond …

In recent years, there has been an increasing emphasis within organizational ecology on
identity as a fundamental basis for the conceptualization and identification of organizational …

We contrast life-cycle and path-dependent views of entrepreneurial firms by examining the
evolution of top management teams. We show how initial conditions constrain subsequent …