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TY - JOUR
T1 - The synergy of causation and effectuation in the process of entrepreneurial networking
T2 - Implication for Opportunity Development
AU - Galkina, Tamara
AU - Jack, Sarah
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, International Small Business Journal (ISBJ), 40 (5), 2022, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021 by SAGE Publications Ltd at theInternational Small Business Journal (ISBJ) page: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/SPP on SAGE Journals Online: http://journals.sagepub.com/
PY - 2022/8/1
Y1 - 2022/8/1
N2 - The resource-based view of entrepreneurial networking demonstrates how relationships are formed instrumentally through the goal-driven decision-making of causation. At the same time, evidence shows that under conditions of uncertainty, entrepreneurs’ networking follows the non-predictive decision-making of effectuation. However, little is known about how entrepreneurs combine these two logics, that is, causation and effectuation, for opportunity development. This study identifies four hybrid combinations of causal and effectual networking behaviour. The outcome of this hybrid networking is a synergistic effect on opportunity development. The study contributes to the entrepreneurial effectuation research, the studies on entrepreneurial networking, and the literature on entrepreneurial opportunity.
AB - The resource-based view of entrepreneurial networking demonstrates how relationships are formed instrumentally through the goal-driven decision-making of causation. At the same time, evidence shows that under conditions of uncertainty, entrepreneurs’ networking follows the non-predictive decision-making of effectuation. However, little is known about how entrepreneurs combine these two logics, that is, causation and effectuation, for opportunity development. This study identifies four hybrid combinations of causal and effectual networking behaviour. The outcome of this hybrid networking is a synergistic effect on opportunity development. The study contributes to the entrepreneurial effectuation research, the studies on entrepreneurial networking, and the literature on entrepreneurial opportunity.
KW - entrepreneurial networking
KW - causation
KW - effectuation
KW - opportunity
U2 - 10.1177/02662426211045290
DO - 10.1177/02662426211045290
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 564
EP - 591
JO - International Small Business Journal
JF - International Small Business Journal
SN - 0266-2426
IS - 5
ER -