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How nascent community enterprises build legitimacy in internal and external environments

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  • Ingebjørg Vestrum
  • Einar Rasmussen
  • Sara Carter

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How nascent community enterprises build legitimacy in internal and external environments. Regional Studies. Community enterprises have become a widely used mechanism in addressing problems associated with socio-economic decline in rural areas. Using a legitimacy perspective, this paper explores how emerging community enterprises access resources needed to start and sustain their operations. Studying two music festivals that aim to improve the identity and economy of rural communities, three legitimation strategies emerge: conformance to the internal (rural community) environment; conformance to the external (cultural festival) environment; and changing the internal (rural community) environment. The legitimation process requires different legitimacy-building strategies within different environments, and community enterprises can benefit from differences in legitimacy judgements.

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  • Ingebjørg Vestrum & Einar Rasmussen & Sara Carter, 2017. "How nascent community enterprises build legitimacy in internal and external environments," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(11), pages 1721-1734, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:51:y:2017:i:11:p:1721-1734
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1220675
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    1. Mara Willemijn van Twuijver & Lucas Olmedo & Mary O’Shaughnessy & Thia Hennessy, 2020. "Rural social enterprises in Europe: A systematic literature review," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 35(2), pages 121-142, March.
    2. Murphy, Matthew & Danis, Wade M. & Mack, Johnny & Sayers, (Kekinusuqs) Judith, 2020. "From principles to action: Community-based entrepreneurship in the Toquaht Nation," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 35(6).
    3. Mandy Gardner & Don J Webber & Glenn Parry & Peter Bradley, 2021. "COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 36(6), pages 524-540, September.
    4. Bacq, Sophie & Hertel, Christina & Lumpkin, G.T., 2022. "Communities at the nexus of entrepreneurship and societal impact: A cross-disciplinary literature review," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 37(5).
    5. Hertel, Christina & Binder, Julia & Fauchart, Emmanuelle, 2021. "Getting more from many—A framework of community resourcefulness in new venture creation," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 36(3).

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