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First published 2009-5

The Life Cycle of an Internet Firm: Scripts,Legitimacy,and Identity

Israel Drori, Benson Honig, Zachary Sheaffer

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

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First published 2004-02

The Influence of Firms’ and Industries’ Legitimacy on the Flow of Capital into High-Technology Ventures

David L. Deeds, Paul Y. Mang, Michael L. Frandsen

Strategic Organization

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First published 2025-4

To Toe the Party Line? The Impact of Firm and CEO Partisanship on Corporate Mass-Media Normative Legitimacy

Michael Hadani

Journal of Management

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First published 2025-4

How learning and legitimacy goals influence inter-firm imitation in R&D investment decisions

Ambra Mazzelli, Nicolai J Foss

BRQ Business Research Quarterly

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First published 2000-6

Legitimacy Building in the Evolution of Small-Firm Multilateral Networks: A Comparative Study of Success and Demise

Sherrie E. Human, Keith G. Provan

Administrative Science Quarterly

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First published 2025

Lending Legitimacy to Corporate Digital Responsibility: Trust in Firm Versus Government Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Services

Vignesh Yoganathan, Victoria-Sophie Osburg, Narayan Janakiraman

Journal of Service Research

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First published 2025-9

Ecological Examination of Mortality Rate in an Infant Industry: The Roles of Legitimacy and Illegitimacy

Stan Xiao Li, Xiaotao Yao, Jie Yang

Journal of Management

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First published 2026

Entrepreneurial legitimization mechanisms for talent management

Johana Palomino-Calderón, Francisco Díez-Martín, Alicia Blanco-González [...]

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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First published 2022-4

The Evolving Strategic CSR Practices in Africa: Exploring the Multidimensional Implications for Telecommunication Firms’ Outcomes in Nigeria

Imhanrenialena Benedict Ogbemudia, Ebhotemhen Wilson, Apreala Solomon Ebiladei [...]

Sage Open

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First published 2015-3

Environmental certification as a buffer against the liabilities of newness and smallness: Firm performance benefits

Kari Djupdal, Paul Westhead

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship

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