Vision and Change in Institutional Entrepreneurship

<p> Sheltered for a long time within the public sector environment with high job security and professional research autonomy defense R&D organizations faced unprecedented challenges when government support was being withdrawn and closure threatening. They needed to be led by a suitable vision in order to implement comprehensive changes to their operations and remain viable. This study explores this constitution of vision as a mechanism of intentional change a strategic tool to reach the desired future for the organization. Going beyond the current literature the authors ask to what extent and how organizational members reconstruct vision in a way that it can support or detain change a question of importance for management scholars as well as professional managers in both public and private organizations.</p>