Social entrepreneurship has emerged as an important means of addressing grand
challenges. Although research on the topic has accelerated, scholars have yet to articulate …

There is increasing recognition among scholars that entrepreneurs use framing to legitimize
their ventures and the broader fields within which they operate. Yet, there is no unifying …

How do new ventures gain legitimacy and attract critical resources? An increasing body of
cultural entrepreneurship research has highlighted an “optimal distinctiveness” trade-off …

We combine Herbert Simon's view of design with the common distinction between reality as
discovered or created to develop experimentation and transformation as ideal types of …

Entrepreneurial resourcefulness is a concept that resonates with practitioners and scholars
alike from a diverse set of theoretical and empirical backgrounds. Despite the prevalence …

The study of future-making–how practitioners make and enact imagined futures–has
become a cornerstone for understanding the temporal dynamics of organization, strategy …

How does the legitimacy conferred on entrepreneurial endeavors affect the legitimacy of
subsequent ones? We extend the notion of a “legitimacy threshold” to develop and test a …

Innovation and entrepreneurship lie at the heart of the modern economy. Yet, while scholars
have long examined the economic drivers of innovation and entrepreneurship, less is known …

For entrepreneurs, establishing and maintaining new venture legitimacy is a complex
endeavor. Various factors complicate this process, including issues of optimal …

Abstract Research Summary How do new entrepreneurial ventures effectively deploy
linguistic frames to attract customer demand? Drawing on framing and categories research …