The evolution of technology is a central theme for management theory due to the
transformative effect of technological change on societies, markets, industries …

Abstract Research Summary How do new things in nascent markets become legitimate?
Existing research points to a process where legitimacy is built by making associations with …

Pedestrians' trust in automated vehicles (AVs) needs to be analyzed and deconstructed to
update it from its current broad concept into several lower-level attributes for assessment …

How do creative workers make ideas perceived as tainted acceptable to others? Using a
qualitative, inductive study of the emerging entomophagy market–using insects as a source …

Although many organizations strive for radical or disruptive new ideas, many fall short of
their goals. We propose that a primary reason for this failure is rooted in the individuals …

Most literature on aesthetic innovation has focused on single producers who use radical
aesthetic innovation to differentiate their products. However, a few scholars, as well as …

In markets, individuals use three main evaluation modes to categorize and subsequently
value organizations based on received organizational cues: prototype-based, exemplar …

Although previous studies show that the emergence of evaluation criteria for a new
technology improves the life chances of well-performing firms, we theorize that consensus in …

While there is a large amount of literature on the socio-cognitive theory of technology
evolution, most has focused on the interpretations of technologies that are already in …

Content creation platforms, including Douyin, Kuaishou, Xiaohongshu, and Bilibili, have
emerged as significant drivers of employment and economic growth within the digital …