Legitimation of Business Model Innovation from the Perspective of Evaluator Categorization:A Case Study of the Emergence of Online Car-Hailing  

作　　者：TANG Fangcheng JIN Xiaoman GU Shiling 

机构地区：[1]School of Economics and Management,Beijing Universty of Chemical Technogy,Beijing 10029,China [2]Beijing Vocational College of Labour and Social Security,Beijing 102299,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Business Research in China》2024年第2期153-194,共42页中国高等学校学术文摘·工商管理研究（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.72072008);the special fund for first-class discipline construction of Beijing University of Chemical Technology(No.XK1802-5).

摘　　要：Business model innovation faces multiple tests of legitimacy.Most extant research in this area has been conducted from institutional and strategic perspectives while paying insufficient attention to the perspective of evaluators.Based on the institutionalization of China's online car-hailing industry from 2012 to 2018,this paper analyzes the legitimacy judgment of the stakeholders from the perspective of evaluator categorization and explores the legitimation mechanism of business model innovation.It finds that evaluators judge the legitimacy of business models based on category cognition.Therefore,to achieve the bridging,spillover,and accumulation effects of legitimacy,the legitimation strategy of online car-hailing platforms should dynamically adapt to different evaluators,judgment models,and categorization standards.Ultimately,as quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes,the legitimation of innovative business models is achieved in this way.In this process,stakeholders categorize and evaluate online car-hailing based on prototypes and value goals,and establish a two-way interactive mechanism,which is from behavior guided by cognition to cognition given feedback by behavior.This paper combines the legitimacy judgment with category theory to explain how individual cognition drives the emergence of new categories and identifies a series of legitimacy strategies based on categorization,thus providing theoretical support and practical inspiration for exploring the legitimation of business model innovation.

关 键 词：business model LEGITIMACY evaluator categorization online car-hailing 

分 类 号：F49[经济管理—产业经济] F719