Expert critics, rankings, and review aggregators: The changing nature of intermediation and the rise of markets with multiple intermediaries

A Sharkey, B Kovács, G Hsu - Academy of Management Annals, 2023‏ - journals.aom.org
In this review, we integrate insights from the extensive but fragmented literature on
information intermediaries. Tracing the evolution of this research, we observe a shift from a …

Achieving rigor in qualitative analysis: The role of active categorization in theory building

S Grodal, M Anteby, AL Holm - Academy of Management Review, 2021‏ - journals.aom.org
Scholars have long debated how rigor can be achieved in qualitative analysis. To answer
this question, we need to better understand how theory is generated from data. Qualitative …

Topic modeling in management research: Rendering new theory from textual data

TR Hannigan, RFJ Haans, K Vakili… - Academy of …, 2019‏ - journals.aom.org
Increasingly, management researchers are using topic modeling, a new method borrowed
from computer science, to reveal phenomenon-based constructs and grounded conceptual …

Parallel play: Startups, nascent markets, and effective business-model design

RM McDonald, KM Eisenhardt - Administrative Science …, 2020‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Prior research has advanced several explanations for entrepreneurial success in nascent
markets but leaves a key imperative unexplored: the business model. By studying five …

Gaining legitimacy by being different: Optimal distinctiveness in crowdfunding platforms

K Taeuscher, R Bouncken, R Pesch - Academy of Management …, 2021‏ - journals.aom.org
How do new ventures gain legitimacy and attract critical resources? An increasing body of
cultural entrepreneurship research has highlighted an “optimal distinctiveness” trade-off …

Entrepreneurial ecosystems in an interconnected world: emergence, governance and digitalization

RB Bouncken, S Kraus - Review of Managerial Science, 2022‏ - Springer
Achieving and sustaining growth depends on the effective work of multiple and
interconnected actors—such as eg governments, the private sector, society, universities …

[HTML][HTML] Breaking boundaries to creatively generate value: The role of resourcefulness in entrepreneurship

TA Williams, EY Zhao, S Sonenshein… - Journal of Business …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Entrepreneurial resourcefulness is a concept that resonates with practitioners and scholars
alike from a diverse set of theoretical and empirical backgrounds. Despite the prevalence …

Dare to be different? Conformity versus differentiation in corporate social activities of Chinese firms and market responses

Y Zhang, H Wang, X Zhou - Academy of Management Journal, 2020‏ - journals.aom.org
Building on the literature on optimal distinctiveness, this study explores the effects of
conformity versus differentiation in corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices on …

The legitimacy threshold revisited: How prior successes and failures spill over to other endeavors on Kickstarter

JF Soublière, J Gehman - Academy of Management Journal, 2020‏ - journals.aom.org
How does the legitimacy conferred on entrepreneurial endeavors affect the legitimacy of
subsequent ones? We extend the notion of a “legitimacy threshold” to develop and test a …

What's the value of being different when everyone is? The effects of distinctiveness on performance in homogeneous versus heterogeneous categories

RFJ Haans - Strategic Management Journal, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Research Summary Is moderate distinctiveness optimal for performance? Answers to this
question have been mixed, with both inverted U and U‐shaped relationships being argued …