Sub-theme 23: When Old Beliefs are Shattered, Something New Enters the World: Pragmatist Foundations of Research on Entrepreneurial Strategy
Convenors:
Dimo Dimov, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Anastasia Sergeeva, University of Bath, United Kingdom
David K. Reetz, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Session I: Thursday, July 03, 09:00 to 10:30, Pierce-PC 903
Olivia Deuschle, Paulo Savaget and Pinar Ozcan
Building an Ecosystem from Scratch: How a State Actor Formed a Local Innovation Ecosystem for Futuristic Technologies in Bhutan.
Benedetta Abagnale, Nikolaus Beck and Margarita Cruz
Crafting opportunities: A pragmatist perspective on the emergence of microbreweries in Ticino, Switzerland
Francesca Pujatti, Gerda Gemser and André Sammartino
Betting the farm: The role of digital technology in the re-envisioning of climate change adaptation strategies
Session II: Thursday, July 03, 11:00 to 12:30, Pierce-PC 903
Daria Hakola
Unpacking knowledge on new business creation: Toulmin’s insights into entrepreneurship literature
Elimar Vasconcellos and Jonathan Wareham
Objects of inquiry: A process theory of material engagement in academic entrepreneurship
Marco M. Daprà
Science and faith: Entrepreneurs as scientists and prophets
Session III: Friday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, Pierce-PC 903
Britt Smulders, Violina Rindova and Luis L. Martins
How to change the future: A design science approach to problem formulation for agentic strategizing
Viktoria Luise Unger and Jonah Zankl
From thinking to action: A pragmatist approach to enacting systems thinking in impact entrepreneurship
Rym Ibrahim
Studying entrepreneurial agency: Progressing toward process-oriented and contextually informed approaches
Session IV: Friday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, Pierce-PC 903
Martina Legnani and Stefano Magistretti
The role of artifacts in designing and materializing ideas
Fardeen Dodo, Paola Giuri, Leonardo Corbo and Laura Toschi
Unpacking the Interactional Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Legitimacy and Behaviour amidst Shifting Opportunity Structures
Mariana Bogdanova and Farah Al Taji
It’s all just a game: Exploring the relevance of ‘playful approach’ to the entrepreneurial self-concept
Session V: Friday, July 04, 14:00 to 15:30, Pierce-PC 903
Annemarie Holstvoogd, Christine Moser and Elco van Burg
Fuel or Friction? The Role of Social Mechanisms in High Growth
Kabir Mydur Joshi
Frames of scale as frames of limitation
Beyers Louw
Pragmatic Entrepreneurial Action: Engaging stakeholders under uncertainty
Session VI: Saturday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, Pierce-PC 903
Davide Viglialoro, Giuliano Sansone, Elisa Ughetto and Paolo Landoni
Organizational portfolio entrepreneurship unveiled: The organizational design and human capital of Venture Studios
Ioana Sendroiu
Temporal grammars of novelty: How carbon removal entrepreneurs frame new ventures
Jana Bövers, Christina Hoon, Julia Brinkmann and Moritz Füchtenhans
Top-down, bottom-up, or dynamic entanglement? Transformative change management and participatory sensemaking in family businesses
Session VII: Saturday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, Pierce-PC 903
Manuel Hess and Janine Crivelli
Emphasizing adaptability, collaboration, and practicality? The interplay of founders and investors in navigating pivots
Mari Yoshida and Junya Yanagi
Bridging intrapreneurship: Middle management linking the company direction with individual initiatives
Saulo Dubard Barbosa, Sandrine Le Pontois, Miruna Radu-Lefebvre, Azadeh Dadgar and Stéphane Foliard
Evaluating
the impact of entrepreneurship education through visual metaphors: Can
pragmatism reduce diversity?