De Clercq, Dirk; Voronov, Maxim - In: Journal of small business management : JSBM ; a joint … 47 (2009) 3, pp. 398-420
We conceptualize entrepreneurs' success in acquiring resources as the outcome of a socially embedded process of pursuing legitimacy, which in turn encompasses their ability to meet field incumbents' expectations about conformity and innovation. Drawing from Bourdieu's theory of practice, we...