Purpose Entrepreneurs' pivot decisions are poorly understood. The purpose of this paper is
to review the existing literature on pivot decisions to identify the different conceptualizations …

Creating an innovative product and validating an innovative business model may not be
enough for digital startups to be competitive. To grow fast and expand globally, digital …

Despite the longstanding recognition of the importance of uncertainty in strategy, strategy
researchers have given limited attention to the distinct challenges and processes involved in …

This study examines whether founding generation managed family firms are capable of
responding proactively to the COVID-19 disruption via firm renewal. We used a unique …

Recent literature suggests entrepreneurs struggle to pivot—or fundamentally change
aspects of their venture—due to identity-based resistance to change. Yet, when …

Abstract Research Summary This study abductively investigates how a firm's degree of
business model development—the extent to which strategic choices are crystallized …

Recent scholarship argues that experimentation should be the organizing principle for
entrepreneurial strategy. Experimentation leads to organizational learning, which drives …

Entrepreneurs making decisions under uncertainty are encouraged to evaluate their initial
ideas through hypothesis testing, but entrepreneurial approaches vary in their emphasis on …

Building on the vast literature on technological innovation and new product development,
we propose a “strategic organization” framework to inform future research. The framework …

We examine how and when platform-based experimentation influences worker autonomy,
especially in contexts where workers do not have access to the same relational …