Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: This article builds an enactment theory to explain the continuing commitment of entrepreneurs to an emerging organizational field like energy efficiency and renewable energy, which is widely seen as being in the interests of society. The authors propose that when such a field is constrained by such factors as low energy prices and a lack of government support, the actions that entrepreneurs take to educate stakeholders drives the entrepreneurs’ continuing commitment to the field. These actions are supported by the entrepreneurs’ perceptions of the field’s attractiveness, their beliefs that they produce superior products and services, and their beliefs regarding the likelihood of disruptive exogeneous change.
Source: Business & Society
Authors: Alfred A. Marcus, Marc H. Anderson
Institutions: University of Minnesota, Iowa State University
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: McKnight Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W2073477893