The Long and Winding Road: Building Legitimacy for Complex Social Innovation in Networks

• Published in: The Journal of product innovation management Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 695 - 720
• Main Authors: Verleye, Katrien, Perks, Helen, Gruber, Thorsten, Voets, Joris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Empirical analysis; Innovations; Legitimacy; Networks; Social innovation

Social innovations, which increasingly take place in interorganizational networks, occur in environments characterized by resource scarcity. To secure access to resources, social innovators need to establish legitimacy for their initiatives. Yet, empirical work investigating the process of establish...