An Institutional Perspective on the Role of Culture in Shaping Strategic Actions by Technology-Focused Entrepreneurial Firms in China

By D. Ahlstrom, Garry D. Bruton. 2002

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

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Beyond Red Tape and Fools: Institutional Theory in Entrepreneurship Research, 1992–2014 (2017, background): “State logic provided an explanation for entrepreneurial decision, types and rate of entrepreneurship, and ecology of organizational populations (Ahlstrom, 2002; Aidis, 2005; Li & Atuahene-Gima, 2002; Peng, 2001). During this period state logic attracted a great deal of research interest. It conderns”
Institutional Theory and Entrepreneurship: Where Are We Now and Where Do We Need to Move in the Future? (2010, background): “This constrains the range of strategic options and the degree of individual agency available to the new venture (Ahlstrom & Bruton, 2002; Roy, 1997).”
Entrepreneurial practices in research-intensive and teaching-led universities (2016, background): “…various individual actors and organisations, such as entrepreneurs and start-ups, are constrained in the sense that they have to comply with the institutional environment in order to gain legitimacy and gain support (Scott and Meyer 1991; Scott 2005; Manolova et al.2008; Ahlstrom and Bruton 2002).”
Necessity or Opportunity? The Effects of State Fragility and Economic Development on Entrepreneurial Efforts (2019, background): “This has been manifested in China, where the rise of entrepreneurial firms took place between 1990 and 2010, despite the presence of different dimensions of state fragility, such as high levels of corruption and cumbersome regulation (Ahlstrom & Bruton, 2002; Acs, 2006).”
Entrepreneurial orientation and SME performance in China’s changing environment: The moderating effects of strategies (2010, unknown): “…with such a situation, SMEs have to spend already limited resources on non-market activities such as gift-giving, banquets, and donations, which are essential to establish personal networks (i.e., guanxi) and to provide a buffer for their weak legitimacy in the market (Ahlstrom & Bruton, 2002).”
The development of entrepreneurship in China (2008, background): “…Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China e-mail: mnjtli@ust.hk and unpredictable nature of institutional transition, the creation and newness of entrepreneurship activities in China could be very different from those in more advanced economies (e.g. Ahlstrom & Bruton, 2002).”
Institutional asymmetry: How formal and informal institutions affect entrepreneurship in Bulgaria (2015, background): “Moreover, in environments with un(der)reformed and weak formal institutions, such as transition economies, entrepreneurial activity is typically guided and governed by informal codes of conduct (Ahlstrom and Bruton, 2002).”
Institutional Environment and Entrepreneurial Cognitions: A Comparative Business Systems Perspective (2010, unknown): “For instance, variation in institutional environments creates differences in how technology-focused entrepreneurs (Ahlstrom & Bruton, 2002) and venture capitalists (Ahlstrom & Bruton, 2006; Bruton & Ahlstrom, 2003; Bruton, Fried, & Manigart, 2005; Zacharakis, McMullen, & Shepherd, 2007) operate in…”
An Investigation of Entrepreneurial Orientation, Perceived Environmental Hostility, and Strategy Application among Chinese SMEs (2012, methodology): “This framework has attained strong support from empirical research (Busenitz, Gomes, and Spencer 2000) and is thus widely adopted in entrepreneurship research (Ahlstrom and Bruton 2002; Bruton and Ahlstrom 2003; Manolova, Eunni, and Gyoshev 2008; Parkhe 2003).”
Corruption and Entrepreneurship: How Formal and Informal Institutions Shape Small Firm Behavior in Transition and Mature Market Economies (2010, background): “Institutions influence the individual’s decision making by signaling which choice is acceptable and determining which norms and behaviors are socialized into a given society (Ahlstrom & Bruton, 2002; Bruton, Fried, & Manigart, 2005; Peng & Heath, 1996, p. 500).”