Young, Small, and Imprintable: Assessing Progress and Exploring Future Directions in New Venture and Small Business Research. (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lohrke, Franz T.; Landström, Hans
• Other Names: Lohrke Franz T. guest-editor.; Landström Hans guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Group & organization management. Volume 41:Number 6(2016:Dec.)
• Page Start: 703
• Page End: 716
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: entrepreneurship -- legitimacy -- imprinting -- organizational failure; Group relations training -- Periodicals; 658.4
• DOI: 10.1177/1059601116672390
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1059-6011

Abstract

Liabilities of newness and smallness as well as other issues (e.g., "imprinting") that affect nascent firms represent foundational entrepreneurship issues. The articles in this Special Issue examine if and how these critical issues have changed over time, especially given recent innovations (e.g., crowdfunding) and other trends in society. We believe that a special issue devoted to these topics is especially timely not only because this research can inform current management theory, policy, and practice, but also because it has now been five and three decades, respectively, since the publication of Stinchcombe's and Aldrich and Auster's seminal works on these issues. These anniversaries, thus, provide an ideal time to reflect on findings, to date, and plot potential future research avenues.