Cultural Entrepreneurship: Stories, Legitimacy and the Acquisition of Resources

By Michael Lounsbury, Maryann Glynn. 2001

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Subfields: Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Categories and Competition (2017, background): “…market nomenclatures by labeling, codifying, and diffusing category-relevant market conversations (e.g., Rosa et al., 1999; Kennedy, 2008; Lounsbury and Glynn, 2001; Navis and Glynn, 2010) and by continually aligning such nomenclatures with new competitive developments (e.g., Lounsbury…”
The Role of Narratives in Sustaining Organizational Innovation (2009, background): “Resource providers thus generate interpretations that are plausible or acceptable to them (Czarniawska 1998, Lounsbury and Glynn 2001).”
Status Beliefs and the Spirit of Capitalism: Accounting for Gender Biases in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2015, background): “With the exception of some studies highlighting founders’ strategic use of networks and communication (Baron and Markman 2003; Lounsbury and Glynn 2001), most theory and research on organizational legitimacy has focused on organizational-level processes (Johnson, Dowd, and Ridgeway 2006), and as a…”
Sharing and Shaping: A Cross-Country Comparison of How Sharing Economy Firms Shape Their Institutional Environment to Gain Legitimacy (2018, background): “…of regulative, normative, and cognitive institutions—such as, government regulations and public perceptions—is no less important to organizational performance than business success in the marketplace (Hillman & Hitt, 1999; Lounsbury & Glynn, 2001; Marquis & Qian, 2014; Seelos & Mair, 2007).”
Entrepreneurial Orientation and the Performance of Religious Congregations as Predicted by Rational Choice Theory (2010, background): “…attempt to explain human behavior through the standard microeconomic assumption of utility-maximizing based on fixed personal preferences and an economic, free market metaphor (Bruce, 1999; Finke & Stark, 2004; Greenwood & Hinings, 1996; Iannaccone, 1995b; Lounsbury & Glynn, 2001; Warner, 1993).”
Where Do Market Categories Come From and How? Distinguishing Category Creation From Category Emergence (2017, positive): “To gain legitimacy, creators of new categories engage in cultural entrepreneurship and storytelling (Lounsbury & Glynn, 2001).”
Making It Happen: Beyond Theories of the Firm to Theories of Firm Design (2004, background): “In building firms and markets, entrepreneurs tell stories (Lounsbury & Glynn, 2001) and negotiate new meanings through metaphorical projection (Ex; the Un-cola) as much as they coordinate physical production and deliver quality goods at affordable prices.”