Beyond survival: Achieving new venture growth by building legitimacy

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zimmerman, MA; Zeitz, GJ
• 署名单位: Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.2307/4134387
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 414-431
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL LEGITIMACY; IRON CAGE; entrepreneurship; Isomorphism; acquisition; performance; adaptation; reputation; industry

摘要

In this article we argue that (1) legitimacy is an important resource for gaining other resources, (2) such resources are crucial for new venture growth, and (3) legitimacy can be enhanced by the strategic actions of new ventures. We review the impact of legitimacy on new ventures as well as sources of legitimacy for new ventures, present strategies for new ventures to acquire legitimacy, explore the process of building legitimacy in the new venture, and examine the concept of the legitimacy threshold.