TY - JOUR
T1 - How Does the Combination of Factors Influence Entrepreneurs’ Decision-Making Logic? A Qualitative Comparative analysis
AU - Xu, Yongfei
AU - Baranchenko, Yevhen
AU - Lin, Zhibin
AU - Wu, Qin
AU - Arakpogun, Emmanuel
N1 - Funding information: Department of Education of Jiangsu Province Authority, Grant number: 2019SJA1159.
PY - 2024/7/1
Y1 - 2024/7/1
N2 - This study explores the different paths that lead to the effectuation and causation of entrepreneurial decision-making logic. Data were collected from a sample of 300 entrepreneurs in China in January and March 2018 and analyzed using crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis (csQCA). The results reveal various combinations of four key factors, i.e., environmental uncertainty, entrepreneurial experience, organizational slack, and centralization of decision-making factors, determine the effectuation or causation logics. No antecedent condition alone is necessary to produce the outcome, although several factors are identified as sufficient for the presence of effectual or causal decision-making logics. This study advances the entrepreneurship literature by revealing the combinations of factors that Knowledge of how the factors interact in the decision-making process determine entrepreneurial decision-making logic. The study findings can help entrepreneurs to better communicate, discuss and justify their decisions.
AB - This study explores the different paths that lead to the effectuation and causation of entrepreneurial decision-making logic. Data were collected from a sample of 300 entrepreneurs in China in January and March 2018 and analyzed using crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis (csQCA). The results reveal various combinations of four key factors, i.e., environmental uncertainty, entrepreneurial experience, organizational slack, and centralization of decision-making factors, determine the effectuation or causation logics. No antecedent condition alone is necessary to produce the outcome, although several factors are identified as sufficient for the presence of effectual or causal decision-making logics. This study advances the entrepreneurship literature by revealing the combinations of factors that Knowledge of how the factors interact in the decision-making process determine entrepreneurial decision-making logic. The study findings can help entrepreneurs to better communicate, discuss and justify their decisions.
KW - effectuation and causation
KW - environmental uncertainty
KW - entrepreneurial experience
KW - organizational slack
KW - centralization of decision-making
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U2 - 10.1515/erj-2021-0249
DO - 10.1515/erj-2021-0249
M3 - Article
SN - 2194-6175
VL - 14
SP - 1461
EP - 1484
JO - Entrepreneurship Research Journal
JF - Entrepreneurship Research Journal
IS - 3
ER -