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The Theory-Based View: Economic Actors as Theorists

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  1. Coali, Andrea & Gambardella, Alfonso & Novelli, Elena, 2024. "Scientific decision-making, project selection and longer-term outcomes," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 53(6).
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  5. Timothy E. Ott & Douglas P. Hannah, 2024. "On the Origin of Entrepreneurial Theories: How Entrepreneurs Craft Complex Causal Models with Theorizing and Data," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(4), pages 461-462, December.
  6. McMullen, Jeffery S. & Fitzsimmons, Jason R. & Shetty, Khyati & Ramoglou, Stratos, 2024. "A temporal typology of entrepreneurial opportunities: Implications for the optimal timing of entrepreneurial action," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 39(1).
  7. Nicolai J. Foss & Peter G. Klein & Lasse B. Lien & Thomas Zellweger & Todd Zenger, 2021. "Ownership competence," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(2), pages 302-328, February.
  8. Timo Ehrig & Todd Zenger, 2024. "Competing with Theories: Using Awareness and Confidence to Secure Resources and Rents," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(4), pages 416-432, December.
  9. Teppo Felin & Stuart Kauffman & Todd Zenger, 2023. "Resource origins and search," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(6), pages 1514-1533, June.
  10. Silvia Sanasi, 2023. "Entrepreneurial experimentation in business model dynamics: Current understanding and future opportunities," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 805-836, June.
  11. Fabian Gaessler & Henning Piezunka, 2023. "Training with AI: Evidence from chess computers," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(11), pages 2724-2750, November.
  12. Luisa Gagliardi & Elena Novelli, 2025. "Female Entrepreneurs Targeting Women: Strategic Redirection Under Scientific Decision-Making," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 36(2), pages 718-736, March.
  13. Mark D. Packard & Per L. Bylund, 2025. "Truth, knowledge, and entrepreneurship theory: arguments for a rationalist scientific epistemology," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 65(1), pages 381-405, June.
  14. Jacob Valentine & Elena Novelli & Rajshree Agarwal, 2024. "The Theory-Based View and Strategic Pivots: The Effects of Theorization and Experimentation on the Type and Nature of Pivots," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(4), pages 433-460, December.
  15. Mana Heshmati & Felipe A. Csaszar, 2024. "Learning Strategic Representations: Exploring the Effects of Taking a Strategy Course," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 35(2), pages 453-473, March.
  16. Foggetti, Caterina & Natalicchio, Angelo & Ardito, Lorenzo & Albino, Vito, 2025. "Opening the black box of Growth Hacking: Insights into the microfoundations of Lean Startup Capabilities," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
  17. Zellweger, Thomas & Zenger, Todd, 2022. "Entrepreneurs as scientists, Bayesian inference, and belief revision," Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Elsevier, vol. 18(C).
  18. Teppo Felin & Alfonso Gambardella & Todd Zenger, 2024. "Theory-Based Decisions: Foundations and Introduction," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(4), pages 297-310, December.
  19. Shubha Patvardhan & J. Ramachandran, 2020. "Shaping the Future: Strategy Making as Artificial Evolution," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 31(3), pages 671-697, May.
  20. Alfonso Gambardella & Danilo Messinese, 2025. "Design- and Theory-Based Approaches to Strategic Decisions," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 36(4), pages 1271-1287, July.
  21. Daniel Engler & Gino Cattani & Joe Porac, 2020. "Studying the Incubation of a New Product Market Through Realized and Alternative Histories," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 5(3), pages 160-192, September.
  22. Felipe A. Csaszar & Harsh Ketkar & Hyunjin Kim, 2024. "Artificial Intelligence and Strategic Decision-Making: Evidence from Entrepreneurs and Investors," Papers 2408.08811, arXiv.org.
  23. Kapasi, Isla & Rosli, Ainurul, 2020. "The practice of “we”: A framework for balancing rigour and relevance in entrepreneurship scholarship," Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Elsevier, vol. 14(C).
  24. Luca Gius, 2025. "Disagreement Predicts Startup Success: Evidence from Venture Competitions," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 10(2), pages 93-108, June.
  25. Arnaldo Camuffo & Alfonso Gambardella & Danilo Messinese & Elena Novelli & Emilio Paolucci & Chiara Spina, 2024. "A scientific approach to entrepreneurial decision‐making: Large‐scale replication and extension," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1209-1237, June.
  26. Carmen-Elena Dorobat & Matthew McCaffrey & Nicolai J. Foss & Peter G. Klein, 2026. "Knightian Uncertainty in Entrepreneurship Research: Retrospect and Prospect," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 50(1), pages 192-230, January.
  27. Zellmer-Bruhn, Mary E. & Forbes, Daniel P. & Sapienza, Harry J. & Borchert, Patricia S., 2021. "Lab, Gig or Enterprise? How scientist-inventors form nascent startup teams," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 36(1).
  28. Gino Cattani & Daniel Sands & Joe Porac & Jason Greenberg, 2018. "Competitive Sensemaking in Value Creation and Capture," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 3(4), pages 632-657, December.
  29. Giovanni Gavetti & Joe Porac, 2018. "On the Origin of Great Strategies," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 3(1), pages 352-365, March.
  30. Felipe A. Csaszar, 2018. "What Makes a Decision Strategic? Strategic Representations," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 3(4), pages 606-619, December.
  31. Sebastian Junge & Johannes Luger & Jan Mammen, 2023. "The Role of Organizational Structure in Senior Managers' Selective Information Processing," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(5), pages 1178-1204, July.
  32. Teppo Felin & Stuart Kauffman, 2023. "Disruptive evolution: harnessing functional excess, experimentation, and science as tool," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 32(6), pages 1372-1392.
  33. Mayberry, Robert & Boles, James S. & Donthu, Naveen & Lucke, James T., 2024. "Crisis response in an era of Knightian uncertainty," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
  34. Sandro Ambuehl & Rahul Bhui & Heidi C. Thysen, 2026. "Mental Models of Causal Structure in Economics and Psychology," Papers 2603.29070, arXiv.org, revised Apr 2026.
  35. Robert Wuebker & Todd Zenger & Teppo Felin, 2023. "The theory‐based view: Entrepreneurial microfoundations, resources, and choices," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(12), pages 2922-2949, December.
  36. Rajshree Agarwal & Francesca Bacco & Arnaldo Camuffo & Andrea Coali & Alfonso Gambardella & Haji Msangi & Steven Sonka & Anna Temu & Betty Waized & Audra Wormald, 2025. "Does a Theory-of-Value Add Value? Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial with Tanzanian Entrepreneurs," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 36(2), pages 601-625, March.
  37. Gilbert Giacomoni, 2022. "Towards a general framework for innovation shaped with AI to create and transform market offerings [Vers un cadre général d’innovation façonné par l’IA pour créer et transformer les offres du marché]," Post-Print hal-04083376, HAL.
  38. Mark D. Packard & Farsan Madjdi, 2026. "Seeing Expectations as “Opportunities†: Interpretive Philosophy and the Origins of “Opportunity†Perceptions," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 50(3), pages 830-861, May.
  39. Arnaldo Camuffo & Alfonso Gambardella & Andrea Pignataro, 2024. "Theory-Driven Strategic Management Decisions," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(4), pages 382-396, December.
  40. Felipe A. Csaszar & Nicole Hinrichs & Mana Heshmati, 2024. "External representations in strategic decision‐making: Understanding strategy's reliance on visuals," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(11), pages 2191-2226, November.
  41. Rahul Kapoor & Daniel Wilde, 2023. "Peering into a crystal ball: Forecasting behavior and industry foresight," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(3), pages 704-736, March.
  42. Haji Ali Beigi, Maryam, 2021. "Is more diverse always the better? External knowledge source clusters and innovation performance in Germany," Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers 156, Ilmenau University of Technology, Institute of Economics.
  43. Teppo Felin & Matthias Holweg, 2024. "Theory Is All You Need: AI, Human Cognition, and Causal Reasoning," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(4), pages 346-371, December.
  44. Ehrig, Timo & Foss, Nicolai J., 2022. "Why we need normative theories of entrepreneurial learning that go beyond Bayesianism," Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Elsevier, vol. 18(C).
  45. Violina P. Rindova & Luis L. Martins, 2023. "Moral Imagination, the Collective Desirable, and Strategic Purpose," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 8(2), pages 170-181, June.
  46. Francisco Brahm & Joaquin Poblete, 2024. "Organizational Culture, Adaptation, and Performance," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 35(5), pages 1823-1848, September.
  47. Glenn R. Carroll & Jesper B. Sørensen, 2024. "Strategy Theory Using Analogy: Rationale, Tools and Examples," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(4), pages 483-498, December.
  48. Haji Ali Beigi, Maryam, 2021. "External knowledge diversity, competition intensity and innovation performance in logistics: Implications for less versus more innovative industries," Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers 157, Ilmenau University of Technology, Institute of Economics.
  49. Violina P. Rindova & Luis L. Martins, 2024. "The Imagination Advantage: Why and How Strategists Combine Knowledge and Imagination in Developing Theories," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(4), pages 499-514, December.
  50. Chan Hyung Park, 2024. "Finding a road less traveled: Combining analysis and intuition to develop novel problem formulations," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(11), pages 2368-2392, November.
  51. Caleb Bernacchio, 2023. "Business and the Ethics of Recognition," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 185(1), pages 1-16, June.
  52. Timo Ehrig & Jens Schmidt, 2022. "Theory‐based learning and experimentation: How strategists can systematically generate knowledge at the edge between the known and the unknown," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(7), pages 1287-1318, July.
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  55. Ankur Chavda & Joshua S. Gans & Scott Stern, 2024. "Theory-Based Entrepreneurial Search," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(4), pages 397-415, December.
  56. Giovanni Gavetti & Jose Ramon Lecuona Torras, 2021. "A Neo-Carnegie Approach to the Agency Question: Bridging the Evolutionary and Cognitive Views of Strategy," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 6(4), pages 353-359, December.
  57. Aseem Kaul, 2022. "Of fruit flies, toads, and other hopeful monsters: thoughts on Levinthal’s Evolutionary Processes and Organizational Adaptation," Journal of Organization Design, Springer;Organizational Design Community, vol. 11(3), pages 91-94, September.
  58. Chengwei Liu, 2021. "Why Do Firms Fail to Engage Diversity? A Behavioral Strategy Perspective," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 32(5), pages 1193-1209, September.
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  60. Timo Ehrig & Todd Zenger, 2024. "Competing with Theories: Using Awareness and Confidence to secure Resources and Rents," Working Papers TIMES² 2024-078, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  61. Gambardella, Alfonso & Camuffo, Arnaldo & Spina, Chiara, 2020. "Small Changes with Big Impact: Experimental Evidence of a Scientific Approach to the Decision-Making of Entrepreneurial Firms," CEPR Discussion Papers 14909, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  62. Olav Sorenson, 2024. "Theory, Search, and Learning," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(4), pages 372-381, December.
  63. Ron Adner & Daniel A. Levinthal, 2024. "Strategy Experiments in Nonexperimental Settings: Challenges of Theory, Inference, and Persuasion in Business Strategy," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(4), pages 311-321, December.
  64. Mu-Jeung Yang, 2021. "The interdependence imperative: business strategy, complementarities, and economic policy," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 37(2), pages 392-415.
  65. Hyytinen, Ari, 2021. "Shared problem solving and design thinking in entrepreneurship research," Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Elsevier, vol. 16(C).
  66. Guo Bai & S. Ramakrishna Velamuri, 2021. "Contextualizing the Sharing Economy," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(4), pages 977-1001, June.
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