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In recent years, there have been many calls for scholars to innovate in their styles of
conceptual work, and in particular to develop process theoretical contributions that consider …

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topic to the dominant theory. We show how it has evolved from infancy, through adolescence …

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highly challenging task. Although there is a burgeoning literature that offers many theorizing …

John Austin introduced the formulation 'performative utterance'in his 1962 book How to Do
Things with Words. This term and the related concept of performativity have subsequently …

With the unprecedented rise in the use of visuals, and its undeniable omnipresence in
organizational contexts, as well as in the individual's everyday life, organization and …

Effectuation is a proposed new theory of entrepreneurship, with insufficient empirical testing
and critical analysis. Drawing on a new, comprehensive set of theory-building criteria …

The SAGE handbook of qualitative business and management research methods Page 2 The
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Creating new ventures is one of the most central topics to entrepreneurship and is a critical
step from which many theories of management, organizational behavior, and strategic …

The dominant way of producing knowledge in information systems (IS) seeks to domesticate
high-level reference theory in the form of mid-level abstractions involving generic and …