Action! Moving beyond the intendedly-rational logics of entrepreneurship

By D. Lerner, Richard A. Hunt, Dimo Dimov. 2018

150 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Entrepreneurial action is central to entrepreneurship theory, and is broadly seen to arise as a consequence of intendedly rational logics (whether causal or effectual), reflecting reasoned judgment. But, is this always the case? While entrepreneurial action may often be the result of a judgmental decision (between alternative courses of action/inaction), the presumption that reasoned judgment encompasses all the motives, modes and mechanisms leading to entrepreneurial outcomes seems dubious. Building on an emerging literature that seeks to address the boundaries of reasoned entrepreneurial action, we develop the notion that non-deliberative impulse-driven behavioral logics can also be the basis for business venturing. Our framework offers a complementary perspective to the intendedly-rational, deliberate logics perspective, opening novel pathways for future research and theory-building.

Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Safety Research

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In Management of Technology and Innovation

1. Teemu Kautonen
2. M. van Gelderen
3. Joakim Wincent
4. Ewald Kibler
5. Matthias Fink
6. F. Liñán
7. M. Obschonka
8. B. Neneh

In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

1. Teemu Kautonen
2. M. van Gelderen
3. Joakim Wincent
4. Marina G. Biniari
5. Ewald Kibler
6. Cuong Quoc Nguyen

In Safety Research

1. Joakim Wincent
2. Teemu Kautonen
3. M. van Gelderen

Citations in the corpus

• Entrepreneurial mindset: An integrated definition, a review of current insights, and directions for future research (2021, unknown): “As noted by Lerner et al. (2018), dominant theories of entrepreneurial action are largely based on the assumption of reasoned intentionality in the decision-making process; thus, what is the relationship between impulsivity and an EM?”
• Implementation intentions in the entrepreneurial process: concept, empirical findings, and research agenda (2018, background): “The concept of planning has been criticized in the scholarly and practitioner literature, which increasingly acknowledges the importance of flexibility, intuition, affect, improvisation, and effectuation in the entrepreneurial process (Frese et al. 2015; Lerner et al. 2018).”