Les jeunes entreprises pionnières face à l'incertitude: la construction sociale de l'échec

Gerhard Krauss

Revue française de socio-Economie, 2009, vol. n° 3, issue 1, 169-186

Abstract: This article presents a sociological analysis of organizational failures by leading-edge start-up companies in emerging economic sectors. The five reviewed case studies reveal efforts to create or modify supportive social institutions. Failure may result from a project?s incompatibility with entrenched institutional orders, the absence of supportive institutional frameworks, or the dearth of social resources available to entrepreneurs attempting to gain a foothold in cutting edge business environments.

Keywords: leading-edge start-ups; organizational failure; institutional entrepreneur; social embeddedness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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