Effectuation, Not Being Pragmatic or Process Theorizing, Remains Ineffectual: Responding to the Commentaries

Arend, Richard J.; Sarooghi, Hessamoddin; Burkemper, Andrew C.

doi:10.5465/amr.2016.0086

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“…Thus, our model explains that while actors delay commitment in order to keep the space of possible value creation open, they also act based on their anticipations of value capture to preempt undesirable futures before an ecosystem blueprint crystallizes. We believe that this distinction helps to reintroduce managerial agency and can clarify recent debates on process research in entrepreneurship (see, e.g., Arend, Sarooghi, & Burkemper, 2016). In addition, we argue that such a design may hold general promise for when firms try to introduce novel generative, deeplayer, or general purpose (see Gambardella & McGahan, 2010) technologies to the market.…”

Section: Implications For Theorymentioning

confidence: 67%

Maneuvering in Poor Visibility: How Firms Play the Ecosystem Game when Uncertainty is High

Dattée

Alexy

Autio

2018

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337

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Abstract:Innovation ecosystems are increasingly regarded as important vehicles to create and capture value from complex value propositions. While current literature assumes these value propositions can be known ex-ante and an appropriate ecosystem design derived from them, we focus instead on generative technological innovations that enable an unbounded range of potential value propositions, hence offering no clear guidance to firms. To illustrate our arguments, we inductively study two organizations, each attempting to create two novel ecosystems around new technological enablers deep in their industry architecture. We highlight how ecosystem creation in such conditions is a systemic process driven by coupled feedback loops, which organizations must try to control dynamically: firms first make the switch to creating the ecosystem following an external pull to narrow down the range of potential applications; then need to learn to keep up with ecosystem dynamics by roadmapping and preempting, while simultaneously enacting resonance. Dynamic control further entails counteracting the drifting away of the nascent ecosystem from the firm's idea of future value creation and the sliding of its intended control points for value capture. Our findings shed new light on strategy and control in emerging ecosystems, and provide guidance to managers on playing the ecosystem game.

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Section: Implications For Theorymentioning

confidence: 67%

Maneuvering in Poor Visibility: How Firms Play the Ecosystem Game when Uncertainty is High

Dattée

Alexy

Autio

2018

AMJ

337

384

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“…Altogether, our emergent theoretical model of how careers shape entrepreneurial decision making has the potential to reinvigorate research on the origins of effectual decision making, on its boundary conditions, and on how one enters and exits those boundaries (Arend, Sarooghi, and Burkemper, ). This potential speaks to the deepening dialogue between prominent scholars in the field about new directions in the evolution of effectuation theory (Arend, Sarooghi, and Burkemper, ; Read et al ., ).…”

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Past Career in Future Thinking: How Career Management Practices Shape Entrepreneurial Decision Making

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Strategic Entrepreneurship

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“…Yet years beyond Sarasvathy's () seminal work, debate surrounds the theory's state of development (see Arend et al . ; Read et al . ; Welter et al .…”

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Formation and Constitution of Effectual Networks: A Systematic Review and Synthesis

Kerr

Coviello

2019

Int J Management Reviews

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The co-creational processes of effectuation represent an important development in understanding of entrepreneurial action. They also manifest in networks that are themselves important artefactual outcomes of effectual processes. To synthesize research connecting effectuation to the networks involved, this paper offers a systematic literature review. Following recent theorizing, the authors organize the literature around two general themes: (1) why and how network development occurs; and (2) what network develops. The resultant thematic model offers a comprehensive perspective on network development under effectuation logic. The analysis identifies that understanding of effectual networking and effectual networks is fragmented, incomplete and constrained by a lack of construct and contextual clarity. The authors present alternative perspectives on constructs and assumptions surrounding networks in effectuation, integrate network theory into effectuation, and generate important trajectories for future research.

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Effectuation, Not Being Pragmatic or Process Theorizing, Remains Ineffectual: Responding to the Commentaries

Cited by 37 publications

References 43 publications

Maneuvering in Poor Visibility: How Firms Play the Ecosystem Game when Uncertainty is High

Maneuvering in Poor Visibility: How Firms Play the Ecosystem Game when Uncertainty is High

Past Career in Future Thinking: How Career Management Practices Shape Entrepreneurial Decision Making

Formation and Constitution of Effectual Networks: A Systematic Review and Synthesis

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