Expanding knowledge frontiers in entrepreneurship: examining bricolage and effectuation
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
ISSN: 1355-2554
Article publication date: 15 June 2020
Issue publication date: 3 August 2020
Abstract
Purpose
Our purpose is to evaluate effectuation and bricolage through their unique and shared references to understand possible overlaps and conceptual complementarities between these theoretical approaches.
Design/methodology/approach
The use of bibliometric techniques to examining simultaneously both theoretical approaches is one of the distinctions of this work. Another important methodological feature is the use of co-citation and bibliographic coupling and their interaction, to verify 179 published documents relating to their references.
Findings
The study reveals the intellectual structures underlying the approaches and differences originating from their knowledge bases, as well as the research trends.
Originality/value
By identifying the differences in the decision process and behaviors that culminate in opportunity creation in each, it offers a complementary vision of previous works. The evidence stresses it is interesting to explore their integration, considering the complementarity of their unique aspects.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the IJEBR Editorial Team and two anonymous reviewers for the work done during reviews and their suggestions. The authors also thank Capes and Cnpq for supporting research.
Citation
Vasconcelos Scazziota, V., Andreassi, T., Ribeiro Serra, F.A. and Guerrazzi, L. (2020), "Expanding knowledge frontiers in entrepreneurship: examining bricolage and effectuation", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. 26 No. 5, pp. 1043-1065. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-11-2019-0638
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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