The Legitimation of Innovations: Evidence from the Swiss Mechanical Watch Industry
Type
fundamental research project
Start Date
June 1, 2014
End Date
February 25, 2015
Status
ongoing
Keywords
Organization and Management Theory (Neo-Institutional Theory)
Strategic Management (Strategic Innovation Management
Business Strategy)
Description
With its primary focus on investigating factors leading to the conceptualization and development of innovations, factors leading to their beneficial evaluation by stakeholder audiences have remained under-explored in extant innovation man-agement research (e.g. Carroll et al., 2010; Garud et al., 2013).
To advance extant research, the proposed research program draws from neo-institutional organization theory (e.g. Meyer & Rowan, 1977) to systematically investigate how stakeholder audiences evaluate product innovations and, in turn, how innovators strategically influence these judgments of their audiences. From a neo-institutional perspective, judgments of an innovation's legitimacy among resource-holding audiences are critical for innovations in order to secure needed resources and support (e.g. Hargadon & Douglas, 2001).
Drawing on central concepts of current neo-institutional theory, the aim of this program is to provide a holistic conceptual and empirical perspective on anteced-ents, mechanisms, and outcomes of legitimation of product innovations.
To advance extant research, the proposed research program draws from neo-institutional organization theory (e.g. Meyer & Rowan, 1977) to systematically investigate how stakeholder audiences evaluate product innovations and, in turn, how innovators strategically influence these judgments of their audiences. From a neo-institutional perspective, judgments of an innovation's legitimacy among resource-holding audiences are critical for innovations in order to secure needed resources and support (e.g. Hargadon & Douglas, 2001).
Drawing on central concepts of current neo-institutional theory, the aim of this program is to provide a holistic conceptual and empirical perspective on anteced-ents, mechanisms, and outcomes of legitimation of product innovations.
Leader contributor(s)
Funder
Topic(s)
Innovation
Strategy
Organization Theory
Method(s)
Qualitative
Quantitative
Range
School
Range (De)
School
Division(s)
Eprints ID
239531