We study the emergence of organizational forms, focusing on two mechanisms—
reconfiguration and transposition—that distinguish the founding models of the first 26 …

This paper presents a process study on the evolution of new ventures. We adopt the
theoretical lens of “archetypes,” which allows us to take a holistic perspective on new …

We draw on institutional theory to study a common type of new venture creation that has
been neglected in the literature: the translation of an existing organizational form from a …

Past research has shown that founders bring important capabilities and resources from their
prior employment into their new firms and that these intergenerational transfers influence the …

Entrepreneurship research has paid insufficient attention to the context in which new
businesses are started. Consequently, efforts to identify factors that consistently lead to …

Entrepreneurship is a perilous endeavor. Contextual changes, such as nascent technology
emergence or new industry creation, can spawn entrepreneurial opportunities; however …

Organizations are social structures–patterned and relatively stable arrangements of roles
and statuses–that constitute the building blocks of modern capitalist societies. Efforts to …

This chapter combines insights from organizational theory and the entrepreneurship
literature to inform a process-based conception of organizational founding. In contrast to …

Modeling the dynamics of nascent entrepreneurship provides insight into how organizations
are created. In order to study this complex phenomenon we develop a longitudinal case …

New organizations are always vulnerable to the liabilities of newness, but such pressures
are especially severe when an industry is in its formative years. We focus on one set of …