There are two battles at the heart of the “opportunity wars”:(1) Are opportunities discovered
or created, and (2) Should we perhaps abandon the opportunity concept altogether? We …

Prior studies of craft-based categories have emphasized member ventures' prototypical
features of smallness and innovativeness, collaboration and cohesiveness norms, and a …

The formation of boundaries between established and emergent categories is a complex
social process. Therein, our understanding of how symbolic boundaries translate into …

Organizational actors often look to the past to revive practices of the past. A growing body of
research suggests that there is opportunity in the past and highlights how dormant or …

Recent studies suggest a critical yet unexplored role for local places such as cities and
communities in category research. In this study, I investigate how places, as the nexus of …

Excess capacity and increased competition in the Danish microbrewing industry have
created a burgeoning shakeout, which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 crisis. We …

Population ecologists have sidestepped infant industries. Moreover, prior examinations
have overlooked the level issue of legitimacy and the role of illegitimacy in firm failure. We …

Many craft ventures operate under value rationality, privileging unconventional strategies
predicated on personal, non-market goals, rather than economic rationality, which privileges …