Wedevelopaconceptualframeworkthatconsidersnewfirmcreationasoutcomesofentrepreneurialactionsinpursuitoftechnologyopportunitiesandsocio-politicallegitimacy.Thisframeworkextendsexistingorganizationalcreationresearchfromeithertheindividualisticlogicsofinnovationortheparticularconstraintsofcontexttoadynamic,interactive,multi-levelanalysiswhichallowssimultaneouslyforinstitutionandforagency.Toexplainourframework,weanalyzetheemergenceofTaiwan’sinformationtechnologyfirmsfrom1978~2004asadistinctnewformoforganizationsinTaiwan’ssocietyandworldmarkets.Implicationsfororganizationalemergenceresearch,aswellasinnovationandinstitutionaltheories,arediscussed. |