(2015) 'Congurations of capacity for change in entrepreneurial threshold rms : imprinting and strategic choice perspectives.', Journal of management studies., 52 (4). pp. 506-530. Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joms.12121 Publisher's copyright statement: This is the accepted version of the following article: Judge, W. Q., Wei Hu, H., Gabrielsson, J., Talaulicar, T., Witt, M. A., Zattoni, A., Lopez-Iturriaga, F., Chen, J., Shukla, D., Quttainah, M., Adegbite, E., Luis Rivas, J. Kibler, B. (2015). Congurations of capacity for change in entrepreneurial threshold rms: Imprinting and strategic choice perspectives. Journal of Management Studies, 52(4): 506-530, which has been published in nal form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joms.12121. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.Additional information:
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Configurations of Capacity for Change in Entrepreneurial Threshold Firms:
Imprinting and Strategic Choice PerspectivesABSTRACT Imprinting theory suggests that founding conditions are 'stamped' on organizations, and these imprinted routines often resist change. In contrast, strategic choice theory suggests that the firm can overcome organizational inertia and deliberately choose its future. Both theories offer dramatically different explanations behind an organization's capacity for change. IPO firms provide a unique context for exploring how imprinting forces interact with strategic choice factors to address organizational capacity for change as a firm moves from private to public firm status. Juxtaposing imprinting and strategic choice perspectives, we employ fuzzy set to examine the multi-level determinants of organizational capacity for change.Our cross-national data reveals three effective configurations of organizational capacity for change within IPOs, and two ineffective configurations. Our results suggest that the antecedents of organizational capacity for change in entrepreneurial threshold firms are nonlinear, interdependent, and equifinal.Word Count: 138 (< 150)