This thesis investigates how firms act entrepreneurially and strategically in heavily regulated
sectors. Over four studies, the thesis develops a deeper and more empirically grounded …

Over the last decades, scholars considered entrepreneurship as synonymous with thinking
“outside of the box” and breaking the status quo. In this view, entrepreneurs are often viewed …

Research summary W e integrate research on entrepreneurial orientation and new venture
legitimacy. To create value from an entrepreneurial orientation, firms need to possess …

We draw on the early history of the management consulting field to build theory about how
institutional entrepreneurs legitimate new kinds of organizations in emerging fields. We …

While entrepreneurial disruption has proven a source of abundance by way of reforming
markets and legacy institutions, it is also frequently characterized by the displacement of …

Although regulatory institutions are said to enable and constrain entrepreneurial action,
ventures frequently emerge with products, processes, and business models that skirt or defy …

Entrepreneurial activities in established companies have two objectives: nurturing and
upgrading existing organizational capabilities while building new ones that promote growth …

Purpose–Although the concept of institutional entrepreneurship has been developed in the
institutional theory literature to explain change in the normative context of organizations, little …