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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Effectuation"”.
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Predicting Veteran Entrepreneurial Success with Effectuation
… and who I am, as defined by Sarasvathy’s (2008) effectuation theory. The descriptive analysis showed that the majority of the veteran participants were highly educated, middle-aged, and mostly lower enlisted ranks. There was also a higher percentage of female and Black/African American veterans …
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The constructive developmental impact of effectuation on practice
Effectuation is a non-predictive decision-making logic of control in uncertain situations, that begins with given means and is a set of techniques, principles and criteria to generate and select between possible outcomes that can be created with the means (Sarasvathy 2001, 2008). This Portfolio …
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The role of causation, effectuation and bricolage in new service development processes
… cognitive logics—namely causation, effectuation, and bricolage (CEB)—in new service development (NSD) processes within a new venture. To understand how entrepreneurial cognitive logics are used in the NSD process, I adopt a process research approach to study how service comes to be …
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The use of effectuation in venture capitalist early-stage investment decision making in China.
… examines why early-stage venture capitalists use effectuation (involving emergent strategy) in contrast to prediction (concerned with planned strategy) and how the experts and novices differ in their use of effectuation. Venture capital is important for entrepreneurship development. The topic of …
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Entrepreneurial Marketing as a Way for Chinese SMEs to Operate Effectively in a Transition Economy
… Through using Sarasvathy (2009)’s principles of effectuation, this research assessed the part played by Chinese entrepreneurs in shaping a business venture. The findings show that all participant Chinese entrepreneurs had applied effectuation logic in their decision-making, especially when they …
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An Exploratory Study to Understand the Marwari Business Community's Approach to Entrepreneurship
… approach which is characterized by a balance of Effectuation and Prediction in order to manage the effects of the sociocultural elements on Entrepreneurship.<br/><br/>Research implications:<br/>The emerging descriptive model identifies unique elements such as the Marwari identity, Reputation, …
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Investigating the Antecedents and Outcomes of B2B Firms’ Social CRM Capabilities in an Emerging Market
… view (RBV), dynamic capabilities and effectuation theory, this study specifically examines the influence of all the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation – innovativeness, proactiveness, risk-taking, autonomy and aggressiveness- on social CRM capabilities. This study also …
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Islam and social media entrepreneurial communications :the case of British Muslim entrepreneurs and their use of social media to identify markets and engage customers
… and customer engagement. This study has used Effectuation theory as a theoretical underpinning to explore Ethno-religious entrepreneurial beliefs and its interaction with local culture as manifested in their social media communication activities. This is qualitative research and the researcher …
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The HR Consulting Entrepreneur: Firm-Builder, Market-Maker and Diffuser of HR Management Knowledge in an Emergent Business System
… of decision-making in early markets---the effectuation and the nexus of individual-opportunities approaches---to unravel how the building of HR consulting firms sets practice theorization and diffusion processes into motion in an emergent economy (Romania). Second, the investigation is …
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The entrepreneurial process and the role of gender: a comparative study of entrepreneurs in the business services and technology sectors in Scotland.
… Feminism, Social Feminism and the Theory of Effectuation helped to derive useful insight that contributes towards the calls for a new female entrepreneurship theory.
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The role of entrepreneurial resourcefulness in the context of sustaining business growth
… that entrepreneurs used a combination of effectuation, bricolage, and entrepreneurial orientation to overcome financial, operational, and psychological barriers. The study's main themes are adaptability, strategic thinking, and resilience. Furthermore, the findings contributed to the body …
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THE ROLE OF SPIRITUAL CAPITAL IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NIGERIA
… context. This study is framed in the context of effectuation theory and posits that effectuated spirituality, a form of spiritual capital, is a viable source, resource, and force. By examining the relationship between spiritual capital and social entrepreneurship in Nigeria, a region …
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Style and mimesis in the name of Walter Benjamin
… of what is here called “staging.” Such direct effectuation of praxis by prose is the only way of avoiding contradiction in a philosophy committed to the linguistic nature of recognition. If all factual knowledge derives from a communion with the thing in its name by an act of ecstatic praxis, …
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Business model change in early-stage university spin-offs
… causal and/or effectual behaviors (by using the effectuation theoretical framework), and 4) resource constraints (by using the resource-based view). Implications for entrepreneurs, managers, universities, policy makers, and business model educators are also discussed, as well as the limitations …
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How do attitudes of habitual high-technology entrepreneurs to early-stage failure differ in Silicon Valley, Cambridge and Munich?
… This thesis contributes to theory by examining ‘effectuation’ as a way to understand these experiences, and discussing the impact of findings in relation to attribution theory, prospect theory and real-options theory. This thesis contributes to practice by augmenting existing knowledge of …
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INEQUALITY, GROWTH AND CONGESTED EXTERNALITIES: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
… much by policies that promote growth as by the effectuation of structural reforms which advance healthy economic development.
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An investigation of everyday entrepreneurship in a resource-constrained context.
… context. The entrepreneurial farmers relied on effectuation decision-making logic to plan and develop their enterprises in response to their challenging and changing context. Subsequently, the farmers' entrepreneurial process was shaped by their determination to maximise the available bundle of …
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Designing Successful Social Ventures: Hands-on Feedback-Seeking Engagement with Stakeholders to Unravel What To Do Next
Social change models based on altruism have proven inadequate to fully address the complete range of basic but unmet societal needs. In recent times, organizations have begun experimenting with profit-generating business models to produce sustained social change; such “hybrid” organizations possess …