Papers in chronological order (listed alphabetically within each year)
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., 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. (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)
Dew, N. & Sarasvathy, S. D.(2001) Of immortal firms and mortal markets: Dissolving “The Innovator’s Dilemma” Presented at the Second Annual Research Policy Technology Entrepreneurship Conference at University of Maryland (abstract)
Puffer, S. M., McCarthy, D. J. and Peterson, O. C. (2001). Navigating the hostile maze: A framework for Russian entrepreneurship / Executive Commentary. The Academy of Management Executive. 15(4): 24-39.
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)
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. (2001D) Entrepreneurship as economics with imagination Business Ethics Quarterly. The Ruffin Series #3: 95-112. (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)
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)
Augier, M. S. & Sarasvathy, S. D. (2002) Simon on altruism, near decomposability, and design: Extensions on a behavioral approach to strategy Presented at LINKS conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. (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)
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)
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)
Augier, M. S. & Sarasvathy, S. D. (2003b) Management as a science of the artificial Presented at the Academy of Management Conference in Seattle. (abstract)
Dew, N., Read, S., Sarasvathy, S. D. & Wiltbank, R. (2003) Competing across markets: The case for non-predictive strategies. Under review at Strategic Management Journal.
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)
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)
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. (2003A) Entrepreneurship as a science of the artificial Journal of Economic Psychology. 24(2):203-220. (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. (2003E) Effectual rationality in entrepreneurial strategies: Existence and bounds. Under revision at Strategic Management Journal. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D., Dew, N., Read, S., & Wiltbank, R. (2003) Accounting for the future: Psychological elements of effectual entrepreneurship. Under revision at Journal of Applied Psychology. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. & Kotha, S, (2003) Effectuation in the management of Knightian uncertainty: Evidence from the RealNetworks case, Under review at Strategic Management Journal. (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)
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)
Dew, N., Sarasvathy, S. D. & Venkataraman, S. (2004) The economic implications of exaptation. Journal of Evolutionary Economics. 14(1): 69-84. (abstract)
Read, S. & Sarasvathy, S. D. (2004) Knowing what to do and doing what you know: Entrepreneurship as a form of expertise. Under review at Academy of Management Review. (abstract)
Sarasvathy S. D. (2004A). Constructing corridors to economic primitives: Entrepreneurial opportunities as demand-side artifacts. Forthcoming in volume on Research in Management and Entrepreneurship edited by John Butler. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2004B) The questions we ask and the questions we care about: Reformulating some problems in entrepreneurship research In Press Journal of Business Venturing. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. (2004C) Making it happen: Beyond theories of the firm to theories of firm design Forthcoming Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. & Dew, N. (2004) When markets are grue. Under review at Journal of Evolutionary Economics. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. & Menon, A. R. (2004) Failing firms and successful entrepreneurs: Serial entrepreneurship as a temporal portfolio Under review at Management Science. (abstract)
Sarasvathy, S. D. & Read S. (2004) Entrepreneurial Expertise. Blackwell Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship. Hitt & Ireland, Eds.
Sarasvathy, S. D. & Wiltbank, R. (2004) Business Angels Network. Blackwell Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship. Hitt & Ireland, Eds.
