This page contains links to downloadable versions of papers that relate to
effectuation. The papers are organized into the major categories of
Theory, Evidence, and
Extensions to specific areas including:
Risk management & Financing
The theory and evidence category includes both papers specific to the theory of Effectuation as well as those related to the general area of Entrepreneurship Research.
For citations of the papers, go to the Bibliography page
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2001A) Causation and Effectuation: Toward a theoretical shift from economic inevitability to entrepreneurial contingency. Academy of Management Review, 26(2): 243-288 (abstract)
Venkataraman, S. & Sarasvathy, S. D. ( 2001) Strategy and Entrepreneurship: Outlines of an untold story In Handbook of Strategic Management, Michael Hitt, Edward Freeman, and Jeffrey Harrison, Eds. Blackwell Publishers: 650-668. (abstract)
Dew, N. & Sarasvathy, S. D. (2002) What effectuation is not: Further development of an alternative to rational choice. Presented at the 2002 Academy of Management Conference in Denver, CO. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. & Menon, A. R. (2002) Failing firms and successful entrepreneurs: Serial entrepreneurship as a simple machine Presented at the 2002 Academy of Management Conference in Denver, CO. (abstract)
Dew, N. & Sarasvathy, S. D. (2003C) Effectual Networks: A pre-commitment approach to bridging the gap between opportunism and trust Presented at the 2003 Academy of Management Conference at Seattle, WA. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2003A) Entrepreneurship as a science of the artificial Journal of Economic Psychology. 24(2):203-220. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D., Dew, N., Read, S., & Wiltbank, R. (2003) Accounting for the future: Psychological elements of effectual entrepreneurship. Under review at Journal of Applied Psychology. (abstract)
Sarasvathy S. D. & Wicks, A. C. (2003) Value creation through entrepreneurship: Reconciling the two meanings of the good life. Under revision at Academy of Management Review. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2001B) Effectual reasoning in entrepreneurial decision making: Existence and bounds Winner of the Newman Award at the 2001 Academy of Management Meeting in Washington DC. (abstract & citation)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2001C) Effectual reasoning in entrepreneurial decision making: Existence and bounds 2001 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. & Kotha, S, (2001) Dealing with Knightian uncertainty in the new economy: The Real Networks case, In Research on Management and Entrepreneurship, John Butler, Series Editor, IAP Inc. Greenwich, CT, Vol 1: 31-62. (abstract)
Honig, B. Davidsson, P. & Karlsson, T. (2002) Learning Strategies of Nascent Entrepreneurs Working Paper, University of Haifa and Jonkoping International Business School. (abstract)
Dew, N. & Sarasvathy, S. D. (2003B) Immortal firms in mortal markets? How entrepreneurs deal with "The Innovators' Dilemma". Under revision at Strategic Management Journal. (abstract)
Read, S., Sarasvathy, S. D., & Wiltbank, R. (2003) What Do Entrepreneurs Really Learn From Experience? The Difference Between Expert and Novice Entrepreneurs. Presented at the 2003 Babson Conference.
Sarasvathy, S. D. (1997) How do firms come to be? Toward a theory of the pre-firm Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research-1997. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2000) Report on the seminar on Research Perspectives in Entrepreneurship Journal of Business Venturing. 15(1): 1-58. Seminar participants included Kenneth Arrow, Morton Kamien, Mancur Olson, Donald Sexton, Herbert Simon, and S. Venkataraman. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. & Simon, H. A. (2000) Effectuation, near-decomposability, and the creation and growth of entrepreneurial firms Presented at the First Annual Research Policy Technology Entrepreneurship Conference at University of Maryland. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2001D) Entrepreneurship as economics with imagination Business Ethics Quarterly. The Ruffin Series #3: 95-112. (abstract)
Honig, B. Davidsson, P. & Karlsson, T. (2002) Learning Strategies of Nascent Entrepreneurs Working Paper, University of Haifa and Jonkoping International Business School. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2002C) Making it happen: Beyond theories of the firm to theories of firm design Keynote address presented at the ETP Conference on Entrepreneurial Cognition at University of Victoria (abstract) Click here for a PowerPoint presentation of this paper
Sarasvathy, S. D., Dew, N., Velamuri, R. & Venkataraman, S. (2002a) Three Views of Entrepreneurial Opportunity In International Handbook of Entrepreneurship, Audretsch and Acs, (eds). Forthcoming. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D., Dew, N., Velamuri, R. & Venkataraman, S. (2002b) A testable typology of entrepreneurial opportunity: Extensions of Shane & Venkataraman (2000) Under Review (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. & Menon, A. R. (2002) Failing firms and successful entrepreneurs: Serial entrepreneurship as a simple machine Presented at the 2002 Academy of Management Conference in Denver, CO. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. & Wiltbank, R., (2002) Selection and return in angel investment Presented at the 2002 Babson Conference in Denver, CO. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2003A) Entrepreneurship as a science of the artificial Journal of Economic Psychology. 24(2):203-220. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2003B) The questions we ask and the questions we care about: Reformulating some problems in entrepreneurship research Forthcoming Journal of Business Venturing. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2003C) Making it happen: Beyond theories of the firm to theories of firm design Forthcoming Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2002C) Making it happen: Beyond theories of the firm to theories of firm design Keynote address presented at the ETP Conference on Entrepreneurial Cognition at University of Victoria (abstract) Click here for a PowerPoint presentation of this paper
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2003a) Entrepreneurship as a science of the artificial Journal of Economic Psychology. 24(2):203-220. (abstract)
Read, S., Sarasvathy, S. D., & Wiltbank, R. (2003) What Do Entrepreneurs Really Learn From Experience? The Difference Between Expert and Novice Entrepreneurs. To be presented at the 2003 Babson Conference.
Sarasvathy, S. D., Dew, N., Read, S., & Wiltbank, R. (2003) Accounting for the future: Psychological elements of effectual entrepreneurship. Under review at Journal of Applied Psychology. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2001D) Entrepreneurship as economics with imagination Business Ethics Quarterly. The Ruffin Series #3: 95-112. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2003D) Founding moral reasoning on evolutionary psychology: A critique and an alternative. Forthcoming The Ruffin Series (Science and Business Ethics). (abstract)
Sarasvathy S. D. & Wicks, A. C. (2003) Value creation through entrepreneurship: Reconciling the two meanings of the good life. Under revision at Academy of Management Review. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D., Dew, N., Velamuri, R. & Venkataraman, S. (2002a) Three Views of Entrepreneurial Opportunity In International Handbook of Entrepreneurship, Audretsch and Acs, (eds). (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D., Dew, N., Velamuri, R. & Venkataraman, S. (2002b) A testable typology of entrepreneurial opportunity: Extensions of Shane & Venkataraman (2000) Under Review (abstract)
Sarasvathy S. D. 2004. Constructing corridors to economic primitives: Entrepreneurial opportunities as demand-side artifacts. Forthcoming in volume on Research in Management and Entrepreneurship edited by John Butler. (absract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. & Dew, N. (2004) When markets are grue. Under review at Journal of Evolutionary Economics. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D., Simon, H. A. & Lave, L. B. (1998) Perceiving and managing business risks: Differences between entrepreneurs and bankers Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 33(2): 207-226. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. & Wiltbank, R., (2002) Selection and return in angel investment
Presented at the 2002
Babson Conference in Denver, CO. (abstract)
Venkataraman, S. & Sarasvathy, S. D. ( 2001) Strategy and Entrepreneurship: Outlines of an untold story In Handbook of Strategic Management, Michael Hitt, Edward Freeman, and Jeffrey Harrison, Eds. Blackwell Publishers: 650-668. (abstract)
Hitt, M. A. & Ireland, R. D. (2002) The essence of strategic leadership: Managing human and social capital. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 9(1): 3-14. (abstract)
Dew, N., Sarasvathy, S. D. & Venkataraman, S. (2004) The economic implications of exaptation. Journal of Evolutionary Economics. 14(1): 69-84. (abstract)
Dew, N. & Sarasvathy, S. D. (2003B) Immortal firms in mortal markets? How entrepreneurs deal with "The Innovators' Dilemma". Under revision at Strategic Management Journal. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2003E) Effectual rationality in entrepreneurial strategies: Existence and bounds. Under revision at Strategic Management Journal. (abstract)
Augier, M. S. & Sarasvathy, S. D. (2004) Integrating cognition, evolution, and design: Extending Simonian perspectives to strategic organization Strategic Organization, 2(2): 169-204. (abstract)
