
Chiara SpinaBocconi University | Bocconi · Department of Management and Technology
Chiara Spina
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
In recent years, experimentation has come to the forefront of the research agenda of scholars in strategy and entrepreneurship, and it is more clearly emerging as a way to gradually solve uncertainty and produce validated learning. While theoretical work outlines more clearly that entrepreneurship – especially in the early stages – is essentially about experimentation, we are yet to understand its consequences and impact on entrepreneurs. Throughout my research, I investigate the implications of experimentation for a number of firm-level outcomes that mark the development of early-stage entrepreneurial firms (such as business idea identification, funding, and first-product commercialization).
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A classical approach to collecting and elaborating information to make entrepreneurial decisions combines search heuristics, such as trial and error, effectuation, and confirmatory search. This paper develops a framework for exploring the implications of a more scientific approach to entrepreneurial decision making. The panel sample of our randomiz...