Entrepreneurship is an increasingly relevant and popular object of scholarly investigation. In this dissertation, I … creation process. The purpose of this dissertation is to refine our understanding about perceptions in entrepreneurship through … four essays. The first essay of the dissertation investigates entry into entrepreneurship. More specifically, I look at the …

strategically key behavioral outcomes in decision-making. Each of the chapters constitutes an independent research study exploring …, risk-taking, and decision-making performance. With my main focus on strategic decision-making under uncertainty, I propose … well as the field of entrepreneurship. Furthermore, my research complements and moves forward the novel framework of …

Prior research uncovered that decision-makers face important cognitive constraints to strategically adapt to a … investigates how social influence mechanisms can support strategic decision-makers to overcome the cognitive constraints involved … develop theory on the dynamic processes through which decision-makers can overcome their cognitive constraints. Second, it …