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Legitimation of New Ventures: A Review and Research Programme
Author(s) -
Überbacher Florian
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/joms.12077
Subject(s) - legitimation , problematization , typology , perspective (graphical) , extant taxon , legitimacy , scholarship , sociology , generative grammar , netnography , public relations , political science , epistemology , law , philosophy , linguistics , artificial intelligence , evolutionary biology , politics , anthropology , computer science , biology , social media
Research on how new ventures ( NV s) achieve legitimacy is fragmented and rests on taken‐for‐granted assumptions that require problematization. Following a systematic literature review, I identify five distinct perspectives on NV legitimation: an institutional perspective, a cultural entrepreneurship perspective, an ecological perspective, an impression management perspective, and a social movement perspective. After comparing and contrasting these perspectives, I synthesize them into a generative and integrative typology. Based on this typology, I develop a new research programme. The programme widens the extant scholarship agenda by challenging its shared assumptions and contributes to further integration of the literature by building bridges between perspectives.