Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the stages of development of effectuation
theory and highlight the progression from the early years' conceptual articles to the recent …

Entrepreneurs rely on different decision–making logics when starting new ventures,
including causal and effectual reasoning. Extant research suggests that venture …

Every now and then one comes upon a genuinely new idea. Professor Saras Sarsvathy's
idea of effectuation is one such. Effectuation is a refreshingly new look at the old …

This paper enriches the literature on entrepreneurial decision-making logic by investigating
nascent entrepreneurs' use of effectuation and causation. The configurational effect of …

Purpose This study aims to investigate the antecedents of the internationalisation strategy ie,
effectuation, causation and bricolage on the international performance of the firm …

We evaluate whether the theory of effectuation provides–or could provide–a powerful causal
explanation of the process of new venture creation. We do this by conducting an analysis of …

This study aims to understand how firms overcome market-based innovation barriers and
achieve innovation performance using the effectuation orientation construct. In so doing, we …

Understanding post-disaster entrepreneurial decision-making is crucial to the disaster
recovery process. Such knowledge helps in the motivation of entrepreneurial actions that …

Research Summary This study builds a grounded model of how careers shape
entrepreneurs' preferences for causal and effectual decision logics when starting new …

Although dozens of empirical studies have been published on effectuation as a whole, much
work remains to be done on elaborating each principle in more depth. Based on an …