“…Many terms have been used to indicate this construct, for example, manager's mental models (Manral, 2011, Yang et al, 2019; actors' beliefs derived from mental models (Degravel, 2011, Gavetti and Levinthal, 2000, Kor and Mesko, 2013, Laamanen and Wallin, 2009, Maitland and Sammartino, 2015, Mandal et al, 2009; knowledge structures (Combe et al, 2012, Mannor et al, 2015, Mitchell et al, 2002, Mostafiz et al, 2019b; subjective representations (Nadkarni and Barr, 2008); and noticing, encoding, interpreting, and focusing (Ocasio, 1997). These cognitive processes have been used to reflect the ability to: link the choice of actions and their subsequent impact on outcomes (Gavetti andLevinthal, 2000, Martin andBachrach, 2018); achieve performance consequences (Autio et al, 2011, Combe et al, 2012, Mostafiz et al, 2019b; and for evaluation, venture creation, and growth (Mitchell et al, 2002, Wang et al, 2018. As Table 2 indicates, there is no agreement on the dimensionality of managerial cognition.…”