Counterfactual thinking and venture formation: The potential effects of thinking about “what might have been”

By Robert A. Baron. 2000

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, General Decision Sciences, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Inventors and New Venture Formation: the Effects of General Self–Efficacy and Regretful Thinking (2002, background): “The factors examined are general self-efficacy—our belief in our ability to perform successfully (Chen, Gully, & Eden, 2001; Eden & Aviram, 1993) and regretful thinking, which are thoughts regarding events and outcomes different from the ones that actually occurred (Baron, 2000).”
Entrepreneurship and leadership: common trends and common threads (2003, background): “As suggested by Baron (2000a), a social skills training emphasis for entrepreneurs should include giving feedback on current social skills (e.g., by creating videotapes, with critiques, of interactions with others) and training in active rehearsal techniques (e.g., on public speaking and…”
Moving Forward from Project Failure: Negative Emotions, Affective Commitment, and Learning from the Experience (2011, background): “Further, uncovering the reasons for why the project did not yield the desired end results can increase individuals’ exploration for information about alternative actions and routes that could have been taken (Baron, 1999; Kim & Miner, 2007).”
Bridging Behavioral Models and Theoretical Concepts: Effectuation and Bricolage in the Opportunity Creation Framework (2016, unknown): “…the individual/ opportunity nexus to hypothesize traits to look for— for example risk aversion (Busenitz and Barney, 1997), counterfactual thinking (Baron, 2000), and personality traits drawn from modern psychometric instruments such as the five-factor model of personality (Zhao, Seibert, and…”
Risk and rationality in entrepreneurial processes (2007, background): “Entrepreneurs show a greater willingness to generalize from small samples than nonentrepreneurs (Busenitz, 1999). Combining insights from prior research, Wu and Knott (2006) proposed that entrepreneurs are risk averse regarding demand uncertainty but overconfi dent regarding their own ability, resul”
Moving Forward: Developing Theoretical Contributions in Management Studies (2014, background): “…John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for the Advancement of Management Studies Within management studies, counterfactual reasoning has been discussed only sporadically, in a few studies on creative thinking processes associated with entrepreneurship and innovation (e.g., Baron, 2000; Gaglio, 2004).”
Why Networks Enhance the Progress of New Venture Creation: The Influence of Social Capital and Cognition (2009, background): “…has been applied to entrepreneurial behavior; specifically, entrepreneurs experience and interpret situations differently, leading them to recognize and create new ventures (Baron, 1999; Busenitz & Barney; Gatewood et al.; Palich & Bagby, 1995; Shaver & Scott; Simon, Houghton, & Aquino, 2000).”