We examine organizational field change instigated by activists. Contrary to existing views emphasizing incumbent resistance, we suggest that collaboration between incumbents and challenger movements may emerge when a movement's cultural and relational fabric becomes moderately structured,...

As part of an attempt to make entrepreneurship more congruent with everyday experiences, the founding of a new firm is compared to the birth of a child.Following a discussion of the role of metaphors in the study of entrepreneurship, the entrepreneurial process is compared methodically to the...