When and how is improvisation strategic? Evidence from startups

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Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Manuel Soares Albergaria Felgueiras e
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/111469
Resumo: In a fast-paced world, improvisation comes as the only solution to many unexpected problems. Quite often, said improvisation will have a tremendous influence on the strategy of the company. Our research, by building on a multiple-case analysis, looks at how improvised decisions take place and how they influence start ups. Being in an environment prone to improvisation, and having the right mind-set to embrace risky attitudes, start ups are the perfect place to have positives outcomes when improvising. This empirical study shows that the entrepreneur identity and the necessities are the causes when improvisation is strategic ,followed by an impact with changes on the team, strategy and the results to explain how this are strategic.
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spelling When and how is improvisation strategic? Evidence from startupsImprovisationStrategyStrategy improvisationEntrepreneurshipDomínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e GestãoIn a fast-paced world, improvisation comes as the only solution to many unexpected problems. Quite often, said improvisation will have a tremendous influence on the strategy of the company. Our research, by building on a multiple-case analysis, looks at how improvised decisions take place and how they influence start ups. Being in an environment prone to improvisation, and having the right mind-set to embrace risky attitudes, start ups are the perfect place to have positives outcomes when improvising. This empirical study shows that the entrepreneur identity and the necessities are the causes when improvisation is strategic ,followed by an impact with changes on the team, strategy and the results to explain how this are strategic.Cunha, Miguel Pina eRUNSousa, Manuel Soares Albergaria Felgueiras e2021-02-08T15:13:00Z2020-01-212020-012020-01-21T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/111469TID:202609170enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:55:15Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/111469Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:41:54.408776Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv When and how is improvisation strategic? Evidence from startups
title When and how is improvisation strategic? Evidence from startups
spellingShingle When and how is improvisation strategic? Evidence from startups
Sousa, Manuel Soares Albergaria Felgueiras e
Improvisation
Strategy
Strategy improvisation
Entrepreneurship
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
title_short When and how is improvisation strategic? Evidence from startups
title_full When and how is improvisation strategic? Evidence from startups
title_fullStr When and how is improvisation strategic? Evidence from startups
title_full_unstemmed When and how is improvisation strategic? Evidence from startups
title_sort When and how is improvisation strategic? Evidence from startups
author Sousa, Manuel Soares Albergaria Felgueiras e
author_facet Sousa, Manuel Soares Albergaria Felgueiras e
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Cunha, Miguel Pina e
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Sousa, Manuel Soares Albergaria Felgueiras e
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Improvisation
Strategy
Strategy improvisation
Entrepreneurship
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
topic Improvisation
Strategy
Strategy improvisation
Entrepreneurship
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
description In a fast-paced world, improvisation comes as the only solution to many unexpected problems. Quite often, said improvisation will have a tremendous influence on the strategy of the company. Our research, by building on a multiple-case analysis, looks at how improvised decisions take place and how they influence start ups. Being in an environment prone to improvisation, and having the right mind-set to embrace risky attitudes, start ups are the perfect place to have positives outcomes when improvising. This empirical study shows that the entrepreneur identity and the necessities are the causes when improvisation is strategic ,followed by an impact with changes on the team, strategy and the results to explain how this are strategic.
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