Uncertainty in Entrepreneurial Decision Making: The Competitive Advantages of Strategic Creativity - Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: Panagiotis Petrakis is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He serves as the Director of the International Economics and Development Sector in the same department. He is the author of more than 26 monographs on topics related to European and Greek growth, crisis, labor markets, and economic policy. Dimitra Konstantakopoulou is Researcher at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She obtained a PhD in Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. Her main fields of interest focus on business strategy, conflict management, and organizational effectiveness, on which she has conducted several studies. Table of Contents: PART I: THE STATE OF THE FUTURE1. The Unknown Future2. The Inevitable Trends: Returns and Uncertainty3. How Will the Future Be Shaped?PART II: FUTURE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE4. Entrepreneurship Opportunities and Future Competitive Advantage5. Entrepreneurship Under Uncertainty6. Entrepreneurial Behavior and Foresight7. Entrepreneurial Decisions Under Uncertainty8. Strategy for Future Competitive AdvantagePART III: CREATIVE STRATEGIC SCENARIO THINKING (CSST) Part III. 9. Futuring and Visioning as Strategic Instruments for Predicting the Future10. Strategic Scenario Thinking11. Scenarios under High Uncertainty and Low Returns12. Creative Strategic Scenario Thinking under High Uncertainty and Low Nominal Returns