Effectuation elements of entrepreneurial expertise /

To effectuate is to engage in a specific type of entrepreneurial action. It has special importance for situations where the future is truly unknowable or human agency is of primary importance. In Effectuation, Saras Sarasvathy explores the theory and techniques of non-predictive control for creating...

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Main Author: Sarasvathy, Saras D., 1959-
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2008.
Series:New horizons in entrepreneurship.
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Online Access:https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781843766803.xml
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300 |a 1 online resource (xxii, 368 p.) 
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505 0 |a What I set out to study and why -- What I found and how -- Interpreting what I found -- Understanding effectuation : problem space and solution principles -- Understanding effectuation : dynamics of the effectual process -- Relating effectuation to performance -- Entrepreneurship as a science of the artificial -- Competitive advantages and entrepreneurial opportunities -- Philosophy and methodology of effectual economics -- Markets in human hope -- Teaching effectuation -- Research works-in-progress -- New research ventures. 
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