Outlines of a behavioral theory of the entrepreneurial firm

被引：119
作者：
Dew, Nicholas [2 ]
Read, Stuart [3 ]
Sarasvathy, Saras D. [1 ]
Wiltbank, Robert [4 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Virginia, Darden Grad Sch Business Adm, Charlottesville, VA 22906 USA
[2] USN, Postgrad Sch, Monterey, CA 93943 USA
[3] IMD, CH-1001 Lausanne, Switzerland
[4] Willamette Univ, Atkinson Grad Sch Management, Salem, OR 97301 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION | 2008年 / 66卷 / 01期
关键词：
entrepreneurship; effectuation; design; exaptation; non-predictive control;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jebo.2006.10.008
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
In A Behavioral Theory of the Firm (BTF), Cyert and March [Cyert, R.M., March, J.G., 1963. A Behavioral Theory of the Firm. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ] present a clutch of ideas for explaining the behavior of established firms within an environment of well-defined markets, stakeholder relationships, technologies, and so on. In this paper, we outline a behavioral theory of the entrepreneurial firm that emphasizes transforming environments rather than acting within extant ones. In particular, we explicate three ideas that parallel key concepts in BTF: (1) accumulating stakeholder commitments under goal ambiguity (in line with a political conception of goals), (2) achieving control (as opposed to managing expectations) through non-predictive strategies, and (3) predominately exaptive (rather than adaptive) orientation. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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