Improvising Entrepreneurship

Duxbury, Tom

doi:10.22215/timreview809

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“…Consistent with this Moorman and Miner (1998) perceived improvisation to be an action that is simultaneously devised and executed. Explained differently, it is a practice that does not conform to an orthodox style of careful planning or strategising in a business context (Duxbury, 2014). It is rather about being able to change or adjust plans 'on the fly' ( Baron and Hmieleski, 2018).…”

Section: Improvisation: Mses and Resourceconstrained Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With improvisation, it is unequivocal that instead of following a pre-arranged plan, actions are influenced by the circumstances under which a business exists (Duxbury, 2014). In emerging economies severe resource shortages (Linna, 2013) are known to be the main problem arising from deteriorated economic and political structures (Simba, 2018).…”

Section: Improvisation: Mses and Resourceconstrained Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Bricolage and MSEs in emerging economies

Simba

Ojöng

Kuk

2020

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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This conceptual paper focuses on bricolage and it pays particular attention on the context of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in resource-constrained environments – a common feature of most emerging economies. Knowledge about the underlying factors that determine bricolage as a common practice among MSEs operating in emerging economies is yet to advance and develop within the mainstream entrepreneurship literature. Much of this scholarship tends to focus on multi-national enterprises (MNEs) in advanced economies and it discusses bricolage as their strategic choice. Such an approach has led to a lack of meaningful theoretical paradigms for defining the business approaches MSEs adopt as a way of mitigating their perennial operational issues inherent in their environment. Thus, in this conceptual paper, which adopts a scoping review approach, we study the constructs of bricolage particularly their application in MSEs operating in emerging economies. From our analysis a fresh deterministic model mapping out the causal factors that give rise to bricolage behaviour in MSEs that operate in difficult conditions emerged. Thus, we contribute to entrepreneurial behaviour theories by identifying distinctive business methods MSEs adopt to withstand operational difficulties inherent in their environments.

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Section: Improvisation: Mses and Resourceconstrained Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Improvisation: Mses and Resourceconstrained Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bricolage and MSEs in emerging economies

Simba

Ojöng

Kuk

2020

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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“…including that which our students had experienced (Kickul et al, 2010;Matlay 2008). We suggest that this conditioned them to behave in ways (Calvard, 2015;Minniti, 2008) that may have been inappropriate given the nature of the task, its time frame, and the resources that they had available (Duxbury 2014). We also hypothesize that causation, being less risky and psychologically expensive (Grupe and Nitschke 2013;Pittaway and Cope 2007), may be more prevalent than experimentation because of the students' need to address two goals simultaneously -to engage in entrepreneurial value creation and to pass the module.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…Other types of entrepreneurial behaviours not considered in our study. An example of this is the role of 'improvisation' by entrepreneurs as a possible additional approach to the categorisation of entrepreneurial activity (Duxbury, 2014). Baker and Nelson (2005) suggest that organisational improvisation can be an important precursor to bricolage, yet this is not considered in Fisher's model and we did not investigate it.…”

Section: Conclusion and Recommendations For Further Research And Pracmentioning

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“…Baker and Nelson (2005) suggest that organisational improvisation can be an important precursor to bricolage, yet this is not considered in Fisher's model and we did not investigate it. Students working under time and physical resource constraints result in unpredictable and unanticipated consequences (Fayolle, 2013;Duxbury, 2014), making improvisation appropriate. As a side issue, we would concur with those that have criticised the OM model as being rather repetitive and overlapping (Welter et al, 2016), and would recommend further refinement of the categories.…”

Section: Conclusion and Recommendations For Further Research And Pracmentioning

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Entrepreneurship students use of causation, effectuation and bricolage in a microcosm

Rieple

Chang

2017

Proceedings

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This study investigates students' use of causation, effectuation and bricolage behaviours within a fund-raising project that provided a microcosm of the entrepreneur's world. Such a pedagogical device allows us to explore when, and why, students use the various opportunity management behaviours over time. Although research has confirmed the use of these behaviours by expert entrepreneurs, how student entrepreneurs learn about them, and practice them, remains largely unexplored. Causation is the predominant focus for university teaching, yet our data reveal that student groups adopted all three behaviours at different stages of the fund-raising project as they responded to different contextual forces. The implications of our findings are that opportunity management theories should take a more prominent role in the higher education entrepreneurship curriculum. Educators also need to provide a better means of facilitating students to learn about, and practice, a greater repertoire of opportunity management behaviours than is currently the case.

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Does entrepreneurs’ improvisational behavior improve firm performance in time of crisis?

Charoensukmongkol¹

2021

MRR

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Purpose This paper examines the effect of improvisational behavior of entrepreneurs on firm performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand during the economic crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic. The study also explores external factors in terms of competitive intensity and internal factors in terms of financial and human resources possessed by firms that could enhance the impact of improvisational behavior on firm performance. Design/methodology/approach A self-administered online questionnaire survey was used to collect the data from the random sample of 312 SMEs in Thailand. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. Findings The analysis supports the positive relationship between the improvisational behavior of entrepreneurs and firm performance. Moreover, the moderating effect analysis shows that the positive impact of improvisational behavior on firm performance tends to be stronger for firms that encountered a higher level of competitive intensity and for firms that possessed a higher level of financial and human resources. Originality/value This research extends the knowledge from prior research by confirming some moderating factors that could strengthen the benefit of improvisational behavior during the crisis.

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Improvising Entrepreneurship

Cited by 7 publications

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Bricolage and MSEs in emerging economies

Bricolage and MSEs in emerging economies

Entrepreneurship students use of causation, effectuation and bricolage in a microcosm

Does entrepreneurs’ improvisational behavior improve firm performance in time of crisis?

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