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Henfridsson, Ola and Yoo, Youngjin (2014) The liminality of trajectory shifts in institutional entrepreneurship. Organization Science, Volume 25 (Number 3). pp. 932-950. doi:10.1287/orsc.2013.0883
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Abstract
In this paper, we develop a process model of trajectory shifts in institutional entrepreneurship. We focus on the liminal periods experienced by institutional entrepreneurs when they, unlike the rest of the organization, recognize limits in the present and seek to shift a familiar past into an unfamiliar and uncertain future. Such periods involve a situation where the new possible future, not yet fully formed, exists side-by-side with established innovation trajectories. Trajectory shifts are moments of truth for institutional entrepreneurs, but little is known about the underlying mechanisms of how entrepreneurs reflectively deal with liminality to conceive and bring forth new innovation trajectories. Our in-depth case study research at CarCorp traces three such mechanisms (reflective dissension, imaginative projection, and eliminatory exploration) and builds the basis for understanding the liminality of trajectory shifts. The paper offers theoretical implications for the institutional entrepreneurship literature.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Entrepreneurship, Organizational change -- Management -- Case studies, Entrepreneurship -- Case studies, Technological innovations | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Organization Science | ||||
| Publisher: | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (I N F O R M S) | ||||
| ISSN: | 1047-7039 | ||||
| Official Date: | 23 December 2014 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 25 | ||||
| Number: | Number 3 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 932-950 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1287/orsc.2013.0883 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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