Andrew E. F. Fultz, Ph.D

Highlights Framework linking monochronic orientation to serendipity-driven innovation in new firms. Applies the Attention-Based View (ABV) to explain how attentional focus influences unexpected discovery. Introduces monochronicity as an organizational attention structure that facilitates serendipity. Shows serendipity mediates the relationship between monochronicity and innovation performance. Identifies environmental dynamism as a key contingency amplifying serendipity’s value. The gist How do new firms…

Highlights Framework for how entrepreneurs’ poor mental health (PMH) shapes venture outcomes. Frames microfoundations perspective as useful for theorizing crossover effects of entrepreneur PMH on venture-level outcomes. Introduces concept of organizational inability to theorize PMH outcomes. Venture newness/smallness as vulnerabilities that foster organizational inability. Importance of BOD/TMTs to buffer venture against entrepreneurs with PMH. The gist How does entrepreneurs’ poor…

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, informal structure. These findings suggest…