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Legitimacy Transfer

Legitimacy Transfer is an organizational process through which perceived legitimacy is conveyed from one entity to another via associative, structural, or symbolic linkages, thereby enabling the recipient to gain social acceptance and institutional validation by virtue of the transferred legitimacy.

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24

Authors

25

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Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

9

University technology transfer offices: The search for identity to build legitimacy

Conor O’Kane, Vincent Mangematin, Will Geoghegan et al. · Research Policy · 2014 · 222 citations · Full text

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Acquiring Organizational Legitimacy Through Illegitimate Actions: A Marriage of Institutional and Impression Management Theories

Kimberly D. Elsbach, Robert I. Sutton · Academy of Management Journal · 1992 · 185 citations

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The Ecological Interdependence of Emergent and Established Organizational Populations: Legitimacy Transfer, Violation by Comparison, and Unstable Identities

Stanislav D. Dobrev, Salih Zeki Ozdemir, Albert C. Y. Teo · Organization Science · 2006 · 132 citations

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How Chinese companies deal with a legitimacy imbalance when acquiring firms from developed economies

Hongjuan Zhang, Michael N. Young, Justin Tan et al. · Journal of World Business · 2018 · 89 citations

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Little Fish in a Big Pond: Legitimacy Transfer, Authenticity, and Factors of Peripheral Firm Entry and Growth in the Market Center

J. Cameron Verhaal, Jake D. Hoskins, Leif Lundmark · Strategic Management Journal · 2017 · 86 citations

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Authors

24

  1. VM
    Vincent Mangematin

    Grenoble Ecole de Management, France

    1 publications · 222 citations

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  2. VM
    Vinit M. Desai

    University of Colorado Denver, United States

    1 publications · 32 citations

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  3. MG
    Markus Göbel

    Helmut Schmidt University, Germany

    1 publications · 42 citations

    1

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  4. AC
    Albert C. Y. Teo

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    1 publications · 132 citations

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  5. KW
    Kathrin Weidner

    Helmut Schmidt University, Germany

    1 publications · 42 citations

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Institutions

25

  1. University of Reggio Calabria

    Reggio Calabria, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  2. Syracuse University

    Syracuse, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    222 citations

  3. University of Colorado Denver

    Denver, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  4. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    Madrid, Spain

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  5. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    222 citations

  6. Helmut Schmidt University

    Hamburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  7. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    132 citations

  8. Whitman College

    Walla Walla, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    222 citations

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Venues

  1. Organization Science

    2 publications · 171 citations

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  2. Journal of Management and Business Education

    JMBE · 1 publications · 22 citations

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  3. Journal of World Business

    JWB · 1 publications · 89 citations

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  4. Journal of Management

    JOM · 1 publications · 32 citations

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  5. Research Policy

    1 publications · 222 citations

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