Opening the aperture: Explaining the complementary roles of advice and testing when forming entrepreneurial strategy

A Miller, S O'Mahony, SL Cohen - Organization Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
Forming entrepreneurial strategy is difficult, as the future value of strategy alternatives is
uncertain. To create and capture value, firms are advised to consider and test multiple …

Enabling entrepreneurial choice

A Agrawal, JS Gans, S Stern - Management Science, 2021 - pubsonline.informs.org
Entrepreneurs must choose between alternative strategies for bringing their idea to market.
They face uncertainty regarding both the quality of their idea as well as the efficacy of each …

When does advice impact startup performance?

A Chatterji, S Delecourt, S Hasan… - Strategic Management …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Why do some entrepreneurs thrive while others fail? We explore whether the advice
entrepreneurs receive about managing their employees influences their startup's …

Which entrepreneurs are coachable and why?

KA Bryan, A Tilcsik, B Zhu - American Economic Review, 2017 - aeaweb.org
Is coachability a usable concept for startups? Using a dataset on high-growth startups in a
prominent university incubator, we show that firm characteristics do predict which firms are …

A scientific approach to entrepreneurial decision‐making: Large‐scale replication and extension

A Camuffo, A Gambardella… - Strategic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Summary This article runs a large‐scale replication of Camuffo and
colleagues in 2020, involving 759 firms in four randomized control trials. The larger sample …

Entrepreneurs as scientists: A pragmatist approach to producing value out of uncertainty

T Zellweger, T Zenger - Academy of Management Review, 2023 - journals.aom.org
Building on pragmatism, we advance an entrepreneur-as-scientist perspective and depict
entrepreneurs as engaging in causally inferential action by forming beliefs, testing these …

Decision weaving: Forming novel, complex strategy in entrepreneurial settings

TE Ott, KM Eisenhardt - Strategic Management Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Summary Strategy formation is central to why some firms seize novel
opportunities while others fail. We explore a core dilemma of strategy formation in …

Strategy formation in entrepreneurial settings: Past insights and future directions

TE Ott, KM Eisenhardt… - Strategic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Research summary Examining the strategy formation process is central to understanding
why some firms in entrepreneurial settings create competitive advantage and succeed while …

Betting on the coachable entrepreneur: Signaling and social exchange in entrepreneurial pitches

MP Ciuchta, C Letwin, R Stevenson… - … Theory and Practice, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Given that stakeholders often commit more than capital to a startup, they commonly stress
how important it is for entrepreneurs to be “coachable.” To date, however, coachability has …

Configurations of effectuation, causation, and bricolage: implications for firm growth paths

W An, CC Rüling, X Zheng, J Zhang - Small Business Economics, 2020 - Springer
This study examines how firms' decision-making logics and entrepreneurial resourcing
behaviors combine to create value. We conduct a qualitative comparative analysis …