Purpose: This study aims to identify institutional work mechanisms that public actors employ in market shaping. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses an abductive theorizing process, combining a literature review with an empirical exploration of three different market-shaping contexts....

Applying grounded theory, we comprehensively categorize capabilities needed for market-shaping and synthesize them into a conceptual framework that describes the process and its outcomes. We establish that in order to improve value creation in a market, market-shapers must consider a larger...

Purpose – This study aims to identify institutional work mechanisms that public actors employ in market shaping.Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses an abductive theorizing process, combining a literature review with an empirical exploration of three different market-shaping...