Andrew E. F. Fultz, Ph.D

Highlights The gist How do new firms cultivate innovation from unexpected opportunities? Most entrepreneurship research focuses on systematic search as the path to innovation, yet many valuable discoveries arise serendipitously—unintended but beneficial results of everyday work. This paper draws on the attention-based view of the firm to explain how monochronic orientation—a preference for handling tasks […]

Highlights The gist How does entrepreneurs’ poor mental health affect their ventures? Research has shown how mental health challenges affect entrepreneurs personally, but we know little about how such challenges affect their entire ventures. Drawing on the microfoundations perspective, this paper presents theory and a framework for understanding how individual-level mental health challenges may spread […]

The gist This study explores how improvisation affects startup success by fostering serendipitous opportunities, especially under different levels of resource constraints and informal structures. Analyzing 326 U.S. startups, the research finds that improvisation is most effective in generating serendipity when resources are scarce. Additionally, serendipity leads to better performance when the organization has a flexible, […]