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Below is a partial listing of research papers on effectuation by Sarasvathy and colleagues. For a complete and current list, please refer to Proquest or SSRN. If you would like to have a paper listed here, please email the cite to info@effectuation.org.
 

• Made, as well as found: Researching Entrepreneurship as a Science of the Artificial
  Saras D. Sarasvathy, Nicholas Dew, Venkataraman, S., Yale University Press, forthcoming 2010
   
• On the Entrepreneurial Genesis of New Markets: Effectual Transformations versus Causal Search and Selection.
  Dew, N., Read, S., Sarasvathy, S. D. & Wiltbank, R., 2009. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, forthcoming.
   
• Without Judgment: An empirically-based entrepreneurial theory of the firm
  Sarasvathy, S.D. and Dew N., 2009. Review of Austrian Economics, forthcoming.
   
• Serendipity in Entrepreneurship
  Dew, N., 2009. Organization Studies, forthcoming.
   
• Non-Predictive Strategy and New Venture Performance: A Meta-Analysis
  Read, S., and Song, M. (in press at Journal of Business Venturing)
   
• Logical frames in entrepreneurial decision making: Differences between experts and novices.
  Dew N., Read, S., Sarasvathy, S.D. and Wiltbank, R., 2009. Journal of Business Venturing 24(4): 287-309.
   
• Affordable Loss: Behavioral Economic Aspects of the Plunge Decision
  Dew, Nicholas, Saras Sarasvathy, Stuart Read and Robert Wiltbank (in press at Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal)
   
• Marketing Under Uncertainty: An Effectual Approach
  Read, S., Sarasvathy, S., Song, M. Dew, N. and Wiltbank, R. Journal of Marketing May 2009, Vol 73, No 3; (lead paper in the issue)
   
• Prediction and control under uncertainty: Outcomes in angel investing.
  Robert Wiltbank, Stuart Read, Nicholas Dew, Saras D Sarasvathy, Journal of Business Venturing. New York: Mar 2009. Vol. 24, Iss. 2; p. 116
   
• Framed by Yesterday
  Smit, Willem, and Read, S. (2008) (Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings)
   
• Effectuation and Over-Trust: Response to Sarasvathy and Dew, Ranjan Karri, Sanjay Goel. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Waco: Jul 2008. Vol. 32, Iss. 4; p. 739
   
• Effectuation and Over-Trust: Debating Goel and Karri Saras Sarasvathy, Nicholas Dew. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Waco: Jul 2008. Vol. 32, Iss. 4; p. 727
   
• Is Effectuation Lachmannian? A Response to Chiles, Bluedorn, and Gupta (2007)
  Saras D Sarasvathy, Nicholas Dew. Organization Studies. Berlin: 2008. Vol. 29, Iss. 2; p. 239
   
• Immortal firms in mortal markets?; An entrepreneurial perspective on the "innovator's dilemma"
  Nicholas Dew, Saras D. Sarasvathy, Stuart Read, Robert Wiltbank. European Journal of Innovation Management. Bradford: 2008. Vol. 11, Iss. 3; p. 313 (won Emerald Literati Award, 2009)
   
• Outlines of a behavioral theory of the entrepreneurial firm
  Nicholas Dew, Stuart Read, Saras D Sarasvathy, Robert Wiltbank. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Amsterdam: Apr 2008. Vol. 66, Iss. 1; p. 37
   
• Designing Organizations that Design Environments: Lessons from Entrepreneurial Expertise
  Saras D Sarasvathy, Nicholas Dew, Stuart Read, Robert Wiltbank. Organization Studies. Berlin: 2008. Vol. 29, Iss. 3; p. 331
   
• The more we get together: Coordinating network externality product introduction in the RFID industry
  Nicholas Dew, Stuart Read. Technovation. Amsterdam: Oct 2007. Vol. 27, Iss. 10; p. 569
   
• Innovations, Stakeholders & Entrepreneurship
  Nicholas Dew, Saras D Sarasvathy. Journal of Business Ethics. Dordrecht: Sep 2007. Vol. 74, Iss. 3; p. 267 (17 pages)
   
• What to do next? The case for non-predictive strategy
  Robert Wiltbank, Nicholas Dew, Stuart Read, Saras D Sarasvathy. Strategic Management Journal. Chichester: Oct 2006. Vol. 27, Iss. 10; p. 16
   
• New market creation through transformation
  Saras D. Sarasvathy, Nicholas Dew. Journal of Evolutionary Economics. Heidelberg: Nov 2005. Vol. 15, Iss. 5; p. 533
   
• Knowing What to Do and Doing What You Know: Effectuation as a Form of Entrepreneurial Expertise
  Stuart Read, Saras D Sarasvathy. The Journal of Private Equity. London: Winter 2005. Vol. 9, Iss. 1; p. 45 (18 pages)
   
• Making It Happen: Beyond Theories of the Firm to Theories of Firm Design
  Saras D Sarasvathy. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Waco: Winter 2004. Vol. 28, Iss. 6; p. 519
   
• The economic implications of exaptation
  Nicholas Dew, S. D. Sarasvathy, S. Venkataraman. Journal of Evolutionary Economics. Heidelberg: Jan 2004. Vol. 14, Iss. 1; p. 69
   
• Entrepreneurship as a science of the artificial
  Saras D Sarasvathy. Journal of Economic Psychology. Amsterdam: Apr 2003. Vol. 24, Iss. 2; p. 203
   
• Causation and effectuation: Toward a theoretical shift from economic inevitability to entrepreneurial contingency
  Saras D Sarasvathy. Academy of Management. The Academy of Management Review. Briarcliff Manor: Apr 2001. Vol. 26, Iss. 2; p. 243 (21 pages)