Sustainable firms and legitimacy: Corporate venture capital as an effective endorsement

This empirical study investigates the legitimizing effects of the presence of different investor types supporting entrepreneurial ventures. These effects may differ for sustainable ventures that face greater liabilities of newness due to powerful incumbents and negative halo effects of prominent fai...

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Published inJournal of small business management Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 1187 - 1220
Main Authors de Lange, Deborah, Valliere, Dave
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Milwaukee Routledge 01.11.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
cleantech
greentech
Halo effect
institutional theory
investment
Investors
Legitimacy
signaling
Sustainability
Sustainable entrepreneurship
Venture capital
venture quality
Ventures
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Summary:This empirical study investigates the legitimizing effects of the presence of different investor types supporting entrepreneurial ventures. These effects may differ for sustainable ventures that face greater liabilities of newness due to powerful incumbents and negative halo effects of prominent failures. Drawing on institutional theory, this study developed and tested a model of investor legitimization with data on 184 entrepreneurial ventures using negative binomial regression. Findings suggest that the legitimizing effects of investor types for sustainable ventures differ from those of other ventures. In particular, corporate venture capital seems to legitimize sustainable ventures in a manner unlike other venture types.
ISSN:0047-2778
1540-627X
DOI:10.1080/00472778.2019.1681880