Journal
SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Volume 54, Issue 3, Pages 843-864Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-019-00155-8
Keywords
Effectuation; Causation; Bricolage; Firm performance; Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA)
Categories
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71572204, 71872053]
- Research Projects of Guangdong Province [2016WZDXM001, 2018A070712014]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This study examines how firms' decision-making logics and entrepreneurial resourcing behaviors combine to create value. We conduct a qualitative comparative analysis investigating configurations of effectuation, causation, and bricolage that are associated with firm performance. We consider firm size and development stage as contextual factors that differentiate the effectiveness of ways in which firms combine effectuation, causation, and bricolage. Using a sample of 305 Chinese firms, we find six solutions explaining entrepreneurial processes in high-performing firms. Based on a comparison of effective configurations across firm size and development stages, we theorize three paths along which small early-stage firms can evolve into large late-stage firms while maintaining high performance.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available