TY - BOOK AU - Krauss,Gerhard TI - Start-Ups and Uncertainty: The Social Construction of Failure PY - 2009///. N1 - 39 N2 - This article presents a sociological analysis of organizational failures by leading-edge start-up companies in emerging economic sectors. The five reviewed case studies reveal efforts to create or modify supportive social institutions. Failure may result from a project’s incompatibility with entrenched institutional orders, the absence of supportive institutional frameworks, or the dearth of social resources available to entrepreneurs attempting to gain a foothold in cutting edge business environments UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-francaise-de-socio-economie-2009-1-page-169?lang=en ER -