408: New Venture Resource Mobilization: Reflections and Opportunities for Future Research (17397)

Saturday, August 10, 2024

14:00 – 15:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Sheraton: Michigan B

Session Number: 408
PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/LEJG4r

Organizer(s)

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Suho Han

Syracuse U., United States
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Alex Michael Murray

U. of Oregon, United States
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Andy Wu

Harvard Business School, United States

Participant(s)

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Susan L. Cohen

U. of Georgia, United States
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Greg Fisher

Indiana U., United States
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Melissa Graebner

U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
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Yong Li

U. of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States

To exploit opportunities and become successful, new ventures must mobilize several critical resources such as financial, human, and social capital. Research on new venture resource mobilization has gained increasing interest among strategy scholars, as it speaks to fundamental themes of firm performance and heterogeneity. The topic has also appealed to scholars across entrepreneurship, organizational theory, and organizational behavior. While the literature has made progress in understanding how entrepreneurs and new ventures gain crucial resources, several recent papers also highlight existing limitations and unexplored questions that hamper its progress (e.g., Clough et al., 2019; Dushnitsky & Matusik, 2019; Hallen et al., 2020). In this workshop, we provide an interactive forum to address current limitations and collectively find ways to advance the literature. To facilitate this aim, we bring together a panel of thought leaders with a track record of publishing research on new venture resource mobilization from diverse theoretical backgrounds, contexts, and methodologies. Through a panel session, audience Q&A, and intimate breakout roundtables, this PDW seeks to stimulate new research directions while promoting a community of scholars interested in this exciting domain.