This special issue examines how technological innovation intersects with institutional structures and drives broader societal transformation, particularly amid periods of systemic uncertainty. The collection seeks to understand the complex relationships between technological advancement, institutional adaptation, and social change.

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Timeline

• September 18, 2026: Submission deadline

Shawna Chen, Brock University

Michael Lounsbury, University of Alberta

Chris Zhang, University of Houston Downtown

While entrepreneurship research has increasingly recognized identity as central to entrepreneurial processes, 2SLGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs remain significantly underexplored in the core literature, particularly regarding how sexuality and gender identity interact with entrepreneurial ecosystems and institutional structures. This special issue aims to advance conceptual, empirical, and methodological understanding of 2SLGBTQIA+ entrepreneurship by examining how these entrepreneurs navigate visibility, stigma, belonging, and legitimacy within broader institutional and spatial contexts.

The special issue welcomes diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, including identity theory, queer-feminist perspectives, intersectionality, institutional theory, and institutional logics. Submissions may employ qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methodologies and are encouraged to bridge theory and practice by including diverse scholarly teams with practitioners involved in entrepreneurship.

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Potential topics

• LGBTQ+ identity and entrepreneurial identity work
• Coming out, concealment, and impression management in venture contexts
• Intersectionality (e.g., race, gender, class, disability) and layered entrepreneurial experiences
• Institutional barriers to legitimacy, funding, and recognition
• Emancipatory entrepreneurship: removing structural constraints through business creation
• Entrepreneurial ecosystems and their (in)capacity to support LGBTQ+ inclusion
• Policy and programmatic responses to LGBTQ+ small business development
• Entrepreneurial wellbeing, belonging, and non-economic goals
• Comparative studies of LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship across national and regional contexts
• Methodological approaches for studying LGBTQ+ and equity-deserving entrepreneurs

Timeline

• November 1, 2025: Opening date for manuscript submissions
• October 31, 2026: Closing date for manuscript submission
• April 1, 2027: Expected publication date