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In the heat of the game: Analogical abduction in a pragmatist account of entrepreneurial reasoning

Sergeeva,Anastasia
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Bhardwaj,Akhil
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Dimov,Dimo
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We draw on Searle’s philosophy of language to distinguish between “opportunities” – intentional content directed towards a preferred future that entrepreneurs aim to fulfill – and opportunities – conditions to be met for their satisfaction. We maintain that studying the former requires adopting a player, rather than analyst stance prevailing in the current literature. We build on pragmatist conceptions of truth and imagination to elaborate on the player stance and propose analogical abduction as a mechanism for conceiving and fulfilling “opportunities”. We develop a pragmatist process model of entrepreneurial reasoning that balances the two stances, and derive action principles for entrepreneurs from it.
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2021-11
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analogy, Abduction, OPPORTUNITIES, pragmatism, LEARNING
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Sergeeva, A, Bhardwaj, A & Dimov, D 2021, 'In the heat of the game: Analogical abduction in a pragmatist account of entrepreneurial reasoning', Journal of Business Venturing, vol. 36, no. 6, 106158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2021.106158
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14602/75742
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