Academic and practitioner interest in how market-based organizations can drive positive
social change (PSC) is steadily growing. This paper helps to recast how organizations relate …

While much of economic sociology focuses on the stabilizing aspects of markets, the social
movement perspective emphasizes the role that contentiousness plays in bringing …

Abstract Research Summary We explore the challenges that digital platform‐based sharing
economy ventures confront in establishing legitimacy for their business models by …

Finding ways to understand the nature of social change and social order-from political
movements to market meltdowns-is one of the enduring problems of social science. A …

How do institutions influence and shape cognition and action in individuals and
organizations, and how are they in turn shaped by them? Various social science disciplines …

Innovation is often thought of as an outcome. In this chapter, we review the literatures on
innovation processes pertaining to the invention, development, and implementation of ideas …

In recent years there has been an outpouring of work at the intersection of social movement
studies and organizational theory. While we are generally in sympathy with this work, we …

Winner of the 2010 PROSE Award for Best Business, Finance, & Management Book!" One
Report" refers to an emerging trend in business taking place throughout the world where …

While scholars have explained how business has increasingly taken on regulatory roles to
address social and environmental challenges, less attention has been given to the process …

Firms often aim to develop markets as part of their long-term strategies. Conventionally,
research in marketing has explained this complex process by stressing firms' efforts to outdo …