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Startup Legitimacy

Startup Legitimacy is a theoretical construct within the academic study of entrepreneurship that denotes the perception by key stakeholders that a nascent venture is appropriate, desirable, and worthy of support within its institutional environment, distinguished from related legitimacy forms by its focus on early-stage, high-growth entrepreneurial organizations navigating uncertainty and resource constraints.

58

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7.8K

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123

Authors

93

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

58

The Social Construction of Reputation: Certification Contests, Legitimation, and the Survival of Organizations in the American Automobile Industry: 1895–1912

Hayagreeva Rao · Strategic Management Journal · 1994 · 1.5K citations

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How New Market Categories Emerge: Temporal Dynamics of Legitimacy, Identity, and Entrepreneurship in Satellite Radio, 1990–2005

Chad Navis, Mary Ann Glynn · Administrative Science Quarterly · 2010 · 907 citations

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Legitimating first: organizing activities and the survival of new ventures

Frédéric Delmar, Scott Shane · Journal of Business Venturing · 2003 · 865 citations

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Legitimate to whom? The challenge of audience diversity and new venture legitimacy

Greg Fisher, Donald F. Kuratko, James M. Bloodgood et al. · Journal of Business Venturing · 2016 · 493 citations · Full text

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IMAGINING AND RATIONALIZING OPPORTUNITIES: INDUCTIVE REASONING AND THE CREATION AND JUSTIFICATION OF NEW VENTURES.

Joep Cornelissen, Jean Clarke · Academy of Management Review · 2010 · 456 citations

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Authors

123

  1. JC
    Joep Cornelissen

    Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

    3 publications · 748 citations

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  2. FD
    Frédéric Delmar

    École de management de Lyon, France

    3 publications · 919 citations

    3

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  3. SS
    Scott Shane

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    3 publications · 919 citations

    3

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  4. JS
    Jeffrey S. Hornsby

    University of Missouri–Kansas City, United States

    3 publications · 718 citations

    3

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  5. JM
    James M. Bloodgood

    Kansas State University, United States

    3 publications · 718 citations

    3

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Institutions

93

  1. Kansas State University

    Manhattan, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    718 citations

  2. University of Missouri–Kansas City

    Kansas City, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    718 citations

  3. École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales

    Cergy, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    438 citations

  4. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    893 citations

  5. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

    Galway, Ireland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    192 citations

  7. University of Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    128 citations

  8. CY Cergy Paris Université

    Cergy-Pontoise, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    438 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Business Venturing

    JBV · 5 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. Small Business Economics

    4 publications · 293 citations

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  3. Academy of Management Review

    AMR · 3 publications · 619 citations

    3

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  4. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

    2 publications · 137 citations

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