The expectations game: The contingent value of hype as a rhetorical strategy in resource mobilization processes among AI startups

2025/04/06 by Judy Rady, David Townsend, David M. Townsend +2 · 1 citation
Business, Management and Accounting · Computer Science · #Innovation and Knowledge Management #Open Source Software Innovations #Private Equity and Venture Capital

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2025.106499

openalex publication_date 2025/04/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

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