This article explores the discoveries related to organizational legitimacy, focusing on its three key types: pragmatic …, moral, and cognitive. It examines how perceived value plays a crucial role in the generation of legitimacy and its direct … Seville, demonstrates the significant influence of perceived value and legitimacy on the three dimensions of organizational …

role of R&D as a learning target and as a means of achieving legitimacy, particularly in the context of imitative R …-enhancing learning and legitimacy and focusing on firms' R&D investment decisions. We argue that deviations in firm performance from … social aspiration levels determine the salience of learning and legitimacy goals. Specifically, as performance moves from …