How Catastrophic Innovation Failure Affects Organizational and Industry Legitimacy: The 2014 Virgin Galactic Test Flight Crash
Published Online:16 Jul 2021https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2021.1467
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Volume 33, Issue 3
May-June 2022
Pages 873-1249, C2-C3
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- Received:September 05, 2018
- Accepted:February 21, 2021
- Published Online:July 16, 2021
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Sen Chai, Anil R. Doshi, Luciana Silvestri (2021) How Catastrophic Innovation Failure Affects Organizational and Industry Legitimacy: The 2014 Virgin Galactic Test Flight Crash. Organization Science 33(3):1068-1093.
https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2021.1467
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The authors thank the editor, Mary Tripsas, for valuable guidance during the review process and the three anonymous reviewers for insightful comments and suggestions; and Anca Metiu, Martin Kilduff, Davide Ravasi, Laura Claus, Elizabeth Hansen, attendees of the UCL School of Management seminar, and the Paris Management Research Workshop, the SKEMA Knowledge, Technology and Organization seminar, the ESSEC YesWeQual seminars series, and conference participants at Strategic Management Society and Academy of Management for feedback.
