TY - CHAP
T1 - A multi-level process view of new-venture emergence
T2 - Impressive first step toward a model
AU - Cogliser, Claudia C.
AU - Stambaugh, Jeffrey E.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Ford and Sullivan's piece makes a unique contribution to entrepreneurship studies, with the greatest being their multi-level, "bottom-up" theorizing about the process. These authors' focus is limited to one level during each temporal phase. To be consistent with enactment theory, this process should address the recursive nature between the micro (individual) and macro (team and venture) levels throughout the entrepreneurship process. Specifically, the individual level is relevant throughout the process. This commentary offers three mechanisms to link the micro and macro levels: situational, action formation, and transformation. The current work is not intended to diminish Ford and Sullivan's work; indeed, multi-level theorizing is messy and theirs is an ambitious first step.
AB - Ford and Sullivan's piece makes a unique contribution to entrepreneurship studies, with the greatest being their multi-level, "bottom-up" theorizing about the process. These authors' focus is limited to one level during each temporal phase. To be consistent with enactment theory, this process should address the recursive nature between the micro (individual) and macro (team and venture) levels throughout the entrepreneurship process. Specifically, the individual level is relevant throughout the process. This commentary offers three mechanisms to link the micro and macro levels: situational, action formation, and transformation. The current work is not intended to diminish Ford and Sullivan's work; indeed, multi-level theorizing is messy and theirs is an ambitious first step.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36649030384&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1475-9144(07)00018-5
DO - 10.1016/S1475-9144(07)00018-5
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:36649030384
SN - 0762314761
SN - 9780762314768
T3 - Research in Multi-Level Issues
SP - 471
EP - 477
BT - Multi-Level Issues in Creativity and Innovation
A2 - Mumford, Michael
A2 - Bedell-Avers, Katrina
A2 - Hunter, Samuel
ER -