How do entrepreneurs think? – ‘If I can control the future, I do not need to predict it’ Cover Image

W jaki sposób myślą przedsiębiorcy? – czyli "Jeśli mogę kontrolować przyszłość, nie muszę jej przewidywać"
How do entrepreneurs think? – ‘If I can control the future, I do not need to predict it’

Author(s): Agnieszka Kurczewska
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie, Fundacja Promocji i Akredytacji Kierunków Ekonomicznych
Keywords: entrepreneur; future; Sarah Sarasvathy; effectuation

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to introduce, basing on Sarah Sarasvathy’s works, the logic of effectuation and to juxtapose it to causation. Effectuation is a way of thinking that is practiced by expert entrepreneurs. Effectual entrepreneurs do not predict the future but perceive it as possible to control due to their actions.

  • Issue Year: 47/2012
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 20-24
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Polish