Signaling theory in entrepreneurship research: A systematic review and research agenda

J Bafera, S Kleinert - Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
A rapidly expanding body of entrepreneurship literature draws on signaling theory. Yet as
the field grows, common understanding of the theory's underlying constructs has become …

The use of signals in new-venture financing: A review and research agenda

O Colombo - Journal of Management, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
The use of signals to overcome information asymmetries and reduce the uncertainty
inherent in resource acquisition has become a prominent theme in new-venture financing …

What is strategic leadership? Develo** a framework for future research

M Samimi, AF Cortes, MH Anderson… - The Leadership Quarterly, 2022‏ - Elsevier
We attempt to bring clarity to the concept of strategic leadership and guide its development
by reviewing and synthesizing the existing management literature on how top managers and …

Information asymmetry in management research: Past accomplishments and future opportunities

DD Bergh, DJ Ketchen Jr, I Orlandi… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Information asymmetry is a condition wherein one party in a relationship has more or better
information than another. The information asymmetry concept is widely diffused throughout …

Organizational legitimacy: Six key questions

DL Deephouse, J Bundy, LP Tost… - The SAGE handbook of …, 2017‏ - torrossa.com
Legitimacy is a fundamental concept of organizational institutionalism. It influences how
organizations behave and has been shown to affect their performance and survival (Pollock …

Persuasion in crowdfunding: An elaboration likelihood model of crowdfunding performance

TH Allison, BC Davis, JW Webb, JC Short - Journal of business venturing, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This study draws upon the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (ELM) to develop and
test a model of persuasive influence in crowdfunding. To test our hypothesized relationships …

Legitimate to whom? The challenge of audience diversity and new venture legitimacy

G Fisher, DF Kuratko, JM Bloodgood… - Journal of Business …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
We examine how entrepreneurs manage new venture legitimacy judgments across diverse
audiences, so as to appear legitimate to the different audience groups that provide much …

Human capital signals and entrepreneurs' success in equity crowdfunding

E Piva, C Rossi-Lamastra - Small Business Economics, 2018‏ - Springer
Grounding on research about the role of signals in the attraction of equity finance, this paper
studies the effects of diverse human capital signals on entrepreneurs' success in equity …

Signalling theory and equilibrium in strategic management research: An assessment and a research agenda

DD Bergh, BL Connelly, DJ Ketchen Jr… - Journal of …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Actors within organizations commonly must make choices armed with incomplete and
asymmetrically distributed information. Signalling theory seeks to explain how individuals …

Signaling for more money: The roles of founders' human capital and investor prominence in resource acquisition across different stages of firm development

EJ Ko, A McKelvie - Journal of Business Venturing, 2018‏ - Elsevier
We use signaling theory to explain how new ventures effectively signal future prospects to
acquire external resources. Based on a sample of 235 new ventures drawn from a unique …