New venture legitimacy diffusion beyond the local entrepreneurial ecosystem : the transformative role of brokerage and network activities

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dc.contributor.author Kansheba, Jonathan Mukiza
dc.contributor.author Fubah, Clavis Nwehfor
dc.contributor.author Wald, Andreas
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-17T07:16:50Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-17T07:16:50Z
dc.date.issued 2024-06
dc.description.abstract PURPOSE : New ventures often encounter legitimation challenges due to their liability of newness and foreignness. This particularly applies to the legitimacy beyond the local entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE). The present study examines how new ventures’ local legitimacy influences legitimacy diffusion beyond the local EEs. It considers both the direct relationship between new venture local legitimacy and its diffusion beyond the EE and the moderating effects of legitimacy brokerage and network activities on this relationship. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH : A hierarchical multiple linear regression is employed to test a series of hypotheses using the data of 228 Finnish firms which was collected with an online survey. FINDINGS : Firms that garner active local legitimacy have a greater chance to diffuse that legitimacy beyond an existing ecosystem. Results also reveal that network activities and legitimacy brokerage enhance (positively moderate) the association between (passive and active) local legitimacy and its diffusion. ORIGINALITY/VALUE : The present study contributes to and extends the literature at the intersection of new venture legitimacy and legitimacy diffusion beyond the existing EE – an aspect which has not been sufficiently studied. en_US
dc.description.department Business Management en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-08:Decent work and economic growth en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1355-2554 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Kansheba, J.M., Fubah, C.N. and Wald, A. (2024), "New venture legitimacy diffusion beyond the local entrepreneurial ecosystem: the transformative role of brokerage and network activities", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. 30 No. 11, pp. 164-180. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-08-2023-0867. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1355-2554
dc.identifier.other 10.1108/IJEBR-08-2023-0867
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/98635
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Emerald en_US
dc.rights © 2024, Jonathan Mukiza Kansheba, Clavis Nwehfor Fubah and Andreas Wald. ublished by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. en_US
dc.subject Entrepreneurial ecosystems en_US
dc.subject Legitimacy en_US
dc.subject Passive validation en_US
dc.subject Active validation en_US
dc.subject Network activities en_US
dc.subject Brokage en_US
dc.subject SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth en_US
dc.title New venture legitimacy diffusion beyond the local entrepreneurial ecosystem : the transformative role of brokerage and network activities en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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