We provoke. In this conceptual piece, we challenge the value of two dominant models of the entrepreneurial process that have existed over the past two decades-the creativity school and the logic of effectuation. We point out their weaknesses and their unfulfilled promises, and we argue for the...

We prove a fundamental attribution error connecting rule-breaking behavior to entrepreneurs. We do so in the research context of the US, where we recently sampled from medium-sized venture entrepreneurs and their corporate executive peers (as an applicable reference point). We chose the US not...

The creation school of opportunity formation is a relatively new partial theory of entrepreneurship built upon a relatively new approach to theorizing. Given their significant respective impacts, we critically evaluate both that school and that approach to better understand their respective...