837: Framing and Deception: Implications for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (10668)

Sunday, August 11, 2024

13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Hyatt: Atlanta

Session Number: 837
Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Teaching,Practice,International,Theme,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/MK7zJ9

Session Chair(s)

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Yuliya Snihur

IESE Business School, Spain

Panelist(s)

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Tim Weiss

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Session Chair(s)

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Raghu Garud

Pennsylvania State U., United States
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Nelson Phillips

U. of California, Santa Barbara, United States
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Llewellyn D W Thomas

IESE Business School, Spain

Panelist(s)

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Shahzad Ansari

U. of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Gino Cattani

New York U., United States
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Simone Ferriani

U. of Bologna, Italy
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Greg Fisher

Indiana U., United States
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Pinar Ozcan

Oxford U., Saïd Business School

Building on Goffman’s (1959) foundational work, framing refers to the use of rhetorical devices by entrepreneurs and innovators to construct meaning around their novel endeavors and to influence audience engagement by focusing attention on selected salient features of their ventures. It is through framing that entrepreneurs and innovators gain and maintain legitimacy from audiences for their endeavors. However, most studies focus on framing novel ventures in the best possible light without deception, stopping short of investigating how framing can lead to deception when envisioning, enacting, and hyping the future. This panel symposium will bring together scholars studying sometimes deceptive practices by entrepreneurs and innovators, including legitimacy lies, misrepresentations, fabrications, and fraud with the intention to: (a) develop a common future research agenda, (b) generate new conversations on framing processes and their consequences in terms of deception, legitimacy loss, and societal impact, and (c) consider opportunities for empirical research in terms of settings and methods.