From “Access” to “Expansion”: A Multiple-case Study on the Legality of Technology-based Private Enterprises in Restricted Markets

Abstract

Abstract: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the integration of civil industry and military industry has been highly concerned and widely practiced. With the rapid development of civilian participation in the military industry, some private enterprises have successfully entered the military industry market, but most of them are still restricted by the system and mechanism and are isolated from the military industry market. In addition, the academic community still knows little about how private enterprises could obtain their legitimacy in the military industry market. Based on the legitimacy theory, this paper analyzes the above issue from the perspective of the path evolution of private enterprises entering the military industry market, using the combination of horizontal comparison and vertical analysis. The research finds that: when entering the military industry market, private enterprises have gone through multiple stages from “access” to “expansion”, and need to obtain triple legitimacy: normative legitimacy, regulatory legitimacy and cognitive legitimacy; based on their own resource endowment, strategic objectives and cooperation network, enterprises adopt different ways to obtain legitimacy. The research conclusion is helpful to private enterprises’ practice and the relevant researches.

Key words: private enterprises, military industry market, legitimacy acquisition, enterprise entrepreneurship

Ding Yiwen, Zhou Yang, Zhou Dongmei, Lu Ruoyu. From “Access” to “Expansion”: A Multiple-case Study on the Legality of Technology-based Private Enterprises in Restricted Markets[J]. Management Review, 2022, 34(12): 340-352.

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