Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2015
Publication Title
Academy of Management Review
First Page
630
Last Page
651
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2014.0455
Abstract
Effectuation is a proposed new theory of entrepreneurship, with insufficient empirical testing and critical analysis. Drawing on a new, comprehensive set of theory-building criteria—sourced from and complementing those of Robert Dubin and others—we provide the first formal assessment of effectuation as a theory. We highlight its strengths and weaknesses, leveraging the former to address the latter in five different directions that would build on the existing work to improve this theory. The assessment exercise also displays the value of our assessment framework in guiding the evaluation and development of other existing and future theories in entrepreneurship and management.
Rights
This is a post-print version of an article originally published in the Academy of Management Review, 2015, Volume 40, Issue 4. The version of record is available through the Academy of Management Review.
Recommended Citation
Arend, Richard J.; Sarooghi, Hessam; and Burkemper, Andrew C., "Effectuation as Ineffectual? Applying the 3E Theory-Assessment Framework to a Proposed New Theory of Entrepreneurship" (2015). Scholarship and Professional Work - Business. 284.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cob_papers/284
Included in
Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Commons
