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Mindful Deviation through Combining Causation and Effectuation: A Design Theory-Based Study of Technology Entrepreneurship
Abstract : Technology entrepreneurship can be seen as building upon while also deviating from technological paths. Such deviation has primarily been described as singular events where individuals with prior knowledge discover a new opportunity. In this article, we will instead study deviation as a process of collective decision making, seen more as something mindful than singular. The purpose is to explore mindful deviation as decision-making by nascent technology entrepreneurs as they conceptualize an early platform technology. Based on case assignments undertaken by 13 teams in a venture creation program, C-K design theory is used to trace how nascent technology entrepreneurs in action combine causal and effectual decision-making logics. Individually answered questionnaires also offered insights on how the entrepreneurs perceived their decision-making in hindsight. The findings break with our received wisdom around how opportunities are recognized as well as how effectual and causal logics occur. As a result, mindful deviation through combinations of effectual and causal logic is suggested as a means to understand early-stage technology entrepreneurship.
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https://hal-mines-paristech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01196125
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Last modification on : Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 5:00:03 PM
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Contributor : Stéphanie Brunet <>
Submitted on : Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 3:57:30 PM
Last modification on : Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 5:00:03 PM
Long-term archiving on: : Monday, December 28, 2015 - 11:01:01 PM
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