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Gaining Legitimacy through proactive stakeholder management: the experiences of high-tech women entrepreneurs in Russia

Gaining Legitimacy through proactive stakeholder management: the experiences of high-tech women entrepreneurs in Russia
Gaining Legitimacy through proactive stakeholder management: the experiences of high-tech women entrepreneurs in Russia
In this article, we offer insights into the critical role played by stakeholder relationships for female-owned high-technology firms in their pursuit of the legitimacy they need to acquire the resources that, in turn, will lead to sustainable innovation and firm growth. By reporting the findings drawn from interviews conducted with Russian female business owners, we showcase how, being faced with the liabilities of smallness and newness—which are further exacerbated by gender-associated liabilities—these entrepreneurs develop strategies suited to assist their entrepreneurial ventures. Within the nascent high-technology global sphere, these female entrepreneurs develop legitimacy for their ventures abroad by accessing external international stakeholders, which leads them to securing much-needed financial and knowledge resources. In addition, their ties with international stakeholders enable them to gain legitimacy among internal Russian stakeholders, thus further enhancing the innovation and performance of their ventures.
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Vershinina, Natalia
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Vershinina, Natalia, Rodgers, Peter, Tarba, Shlomo, Khan, Zaheer and Stokes, Peter (2019) Gaining Legitimacy through proactive stakeholder management: the experiences of high-tech women entrepreneurs in Russia. Journal of Business Research. (doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.12.063).

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Abstract

In this article, we offer insights into the critical role played by stakeholder relationships for female-owned high-technology firms in their pursuit of the legitimacy they need to acquire the resources that, in turn, will lead to sustainable innovation and firm growth. By reporting the findings drawn from interviews conducted with Russian female business owners, we showcase how, being faced with the liabilities of smallness and newness—which are further exacerbated by gender-associated liabilities—these entrepreneurs develop strategies suited to assist their entrepreneurial ventures. Within the nascent high-technology global sphere, these female entrepreneurs develop legitimacy for their ventures abroad by accessing external international stakeholders, which leads them to securing much-needed financial and knowledge resources. In addition, their ties with international stakeholders enable them to gain legitimacy among internal Russian stakeholders, thus further enhancing the innovation and performance of their ventures.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 January 2018
Published date: 11 January 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 442394
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/442394
ISSN: 0148-2963
PURE UUID: b0aef07f-98ff-4040-8ede-ddeae03f700c

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Date deposited: 14 Jul 2020 16:36
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 08:34

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Author: Natalia Vershinina
Author: Peter Rodgers
Author: Shlomo Tarba
Author: Zaheer Khan
Author: Peter Stokes

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