Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298796 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research (SBUR) [ISSN:] 2366-6153 [Volume:] 76 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 113-149
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Despite much progress in the research on pivots as a response to crisis, the nature of temporary pivots remains unclear. This article investigates how a venture responded to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by performing a temporary pivot. Drawing on an inductive, longitudinal case study of the fast-growing young venture "Gazelle," we developed a process model of temporary pivots that encompasses three phases: what evokes a temporary pivot; how it is enacted; and what effects it has on the venture. Our findings suggest that temporary pivots require effectual decision-making and the reversibility of changes made. Our research contributes to the growing literature on pivoting by conceptualizing the temporary pivot as a short-term entrepreneurial response to exogenous shocks and part of a long-term strategy of perseverance.
Subjects: 
Crisis response
Exogenous shock
Exploratory perseverance
Temporary pivot
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