Editorial notes in leading management journals have urged scholars to address Grand
Challenges (GC) as an opportunity for producing knowledge that matters for society. This …

In spite of all the scholarly attention it has garnered, effectuation research continues to face a
series of theoretical and methodological challenges. In order to help move effectuation …

Although research has begun to acknowledge the strategies by which entrepreneurs form
and maintain network ties, most efforts to date present an incomplete picture of …

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 …

For entrepreneurs, establishing and maintaining new venture legitimacy is a complex
endeavor. Various factors complicate this process, including issues of optimal …

We summarize three perspectives on cultural entrepreneurship (CE). Originating in
sociology, CE 1.0 focuses on making culture, or the processes by which high culture …

In this paper, we address issues related to the measurement of effectuation. We identify and
examine 81 empirical studies focusing on research tensions (fundamental assumptions …

While previous open strategy studies have acknowledged open strategy's function as an
impression management instrument, their focus has mostly been on short episodes. The …

In this paper, we open the black box of effectuation as a process by identifying effectuation
process characteristics and patterns and thereby unveiling the heterogeneity of effectuation …