Judge, William Q., Hu, Helen W., Gabrielsson, Jonas, Talaulicar, Till, Witt, Michael A., Zattoni, Alessandro, López-Iturriaga, Felix, Chen, Jean Jinghan, Shukla, Dhirendra, Quttainah, Majdi, and others. (2015) Configurations of capacity for change in entrepreneurial threshold Firms: imprinting and strategic choice perspectives. Journal of Management Studies, 52 (4). pp. 506-530. ISSN 0022-2380. E-ISSN 1467-6486. (doi:10.1111/joms.12121) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:102260)
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Abstract
Imprinting theory suggests that founding conditions are ‘stamped’ on organizations, and these imprinted routines often resist change. In contrast, strategic choice theory suggests that the firm can overcome organizational inertia and deliberately choose its future. Both theories offer dramatically different explanations behind an organization's capacity for change. IPO firms provide a unique context for exploring how imprinting forces interact with strategic choice factors to address organizational capacity for change as a firm moves from private to public firm status. Juxtaposing imprinting and strategic choice perspectives, we employ fuzzy set analysis to examine the multi-level determinants of organizational capacity for change. Our cross-national data reveal three effective configurations of organizational capacity for change within IPOs, and two ineffective configurations. Our results suggest that the antecedents of organizational capacity for change in entrepreneurial threshold firms are non-linear, interdependent, and equifinal.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1111/joms.12121 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | IPOs; imprinting theory |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5351 Business |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Accounting and Finance |
| Depositing User: | Jean Chen |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2023 14:23 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2023 13:37 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/102260 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
Chen, Jean Jinghan.
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