How Does the Combination of Factors Influence Entrepreneurs’ Decision-Making Logic? A Qualitative Comparative analysis

IF 2 4区管理学 Q3 BUSINESS

Entrepreneurship Research Journal Pub Date : 2022-08-29 DOI:10.1515/erj-2021-0249

Yong-Qi Xu, Yevhen Baranchenko, Zhibin Lin, Qin Wu, E. Arakpogun

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Abstract

Abstract 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.

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因素组合如何影响企业家的决策逻辑?定性比较分析

本研究探讨了创业决策逻辑产生的不同路径及其因果关系。数据收集自2018年1月和3月的300名中国企业家样本，并使用crisp-set定性比较分析(csQCA)进行分析。结果表明，环境不确定性、创业经验、组织松弛和决策因素集中化四个关键因素的不同组合决定了影响或因果逻辑。没有单独的先决条件是产生结果所必需的，尽管有几个因素被确定为足以存在有效或因果决策逻辑。本研究通过揭示决策过程中各因素如何相互作用决定创业决策逻辑的因素组合来推进创业文献。研究结果可以帮助企业家更好地沟通、讨论和证明他们的决定是正确的。

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Entrepreneurship Research Journal BUSINESS-

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

21.10%

发文量

期刊介绍： Entrepreneurship Research Journal (ERJ) was launched with an Inaugural Issue in 2011. Professor Ramona Zachary at Baruch College and Professor Chandra Mishra at Florida Atlantic University introduce a new forum for scholarly discussion on entrepreneurs and their activities, contexts, processes, strategies, and outcomes. Positioned as the premier new research journal within the field of entrepreneurship, ERJ seeks to encourage a scholarly exchange between researchers from any field of study who focus on entrepreneurs, and will include both theoretical and empirical articles, with priority being given to high quality theoretical and empirical papers that have managerial or public policy orientation as well as ramifications for entrepreneurship research overall. Topics: -Research Modeling, Design, and Methods: entrepreneurship theories and conceptualizations, entrepreneurship research methods. -The Individuals-Opportunities-Resources Nexus: nascent entrepreneurs, opportunity recognition, drivers of value creation, and emergence, innovation and technology entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial risk and reward, entrepreneurial cognition and behavior. -Inclusive of Near Environments: family entrepreneurship, networks, teams and alliances, venture capital and angel investor groups, entrepreneurial communities, hubs, clusters and public policy, social entrepreneurship. -Distinct Entrepreneurial Stage or Setting: entrepreneurial growth and strategy, boards, governance and leadership, corporate entrepreneurship, international and emerging market entrepreneurship.