Industry evolution scholars define industry inception as first instance of product commercialization, focusing on subsequent time periods of growth and maturity. Left understudied are the triggers, actors, and actions preceding industry inception. We integrate recent research in a preliminary...

This study uses inductive methodology to examine the motivations and team building processes of employee entrepreneurs through the analysis of thirty founding narratives of disk drive industry spinouts founded between 1977-1997. Our grounded theory building approach uncovers the underappreciated...

This paper sheds light on how non-profit organizations can aid economic development by supporting the emergence of markets and industries in developing country contexts. We qualitatively examine archival data on the development of two industries: grain-storage metal silos in Central America...

The knowledge context is the social, economic, and organizational setting within which an individual is situated. This paper ties together observations from three distinct empirical areas of the entrepreneurship literature--academic entrepreneurship, employee entrepreneurship, and user...

With the emergence of digital multi-sided platform (DMSP) ecosystems, scholars are revisiting core strategic frameworks created in traditional settings. We examine how variation in pioneer firm characteristics may impact two critical platform governance strategies — single vs. multi-firm...

Scholars have long been interested in new industry emergence, highlighting that it could often be impeded by uncertainty across four dimensions: technology, demand, ecosystem, and institutions. Building on the insight that uncertainty stems from partial knowledge, we develop a conceptual...

Moving beyond one-shot decisions to spinout, we investigate how careers of employee entrepreneurs unfold in terms of subsequent decisions to stay at the initial venture, return to paid employment, or serial entrepreneurship. Our inductive study draws on rich career-history data triangulated...

We investigate the emergence of a global industry based on digital innovation by studying how the international expansion of pioneering firms relates to their characteristics and strategies for capability development and deployment. Using detailed archival data on mobile money, we classify...