This article reviews scholarship dealing with the notion of “boundary work,” defined as
purposeful individual and collective effort to influence the social, symbolic, material, or …

In this paper, we address the question of 'Why do firms publish scientific papers?'. Research
examining the competitive advantages that firms accrue from investment in R&D has …

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 …

In this essay, we discuss how tables can be used to ensure—and reassure about—
trustworthiness in qualitative research. We posit that in qualitative research, tables help not …

Over the past several decades, digitization has invaded all areas of human activity, including
innovation. The result of digitization of existing tools for design and collaboration, and the …

In nascent industries―whose new technologies are often poorly understood by regulators―
contending with regulatory uncertainty can be crucial to organizational survival and growth …

We advance a novel idea-centric perspective to study power-laden aspects of institutional
life in fields. Our study includes data from the field of impact investing in Europe from 2006 …

We develop the concept of the distant future as a new way of seeing the future in collective
efforts. While a near future is represented in practical terms and concerned with forming …

Abstract Research Summary Digital platforms offer a promising contemporary means for
encouraging social innovation through cross‐sector collaboration. Yet although such “social …

Collectives attempting to self-organize without relying on managerial control can leverage
open, digital networks to foster information exchange and agility. But, as collectives grow …