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This project-thesis provides an implementation solution for an "entrepreneurial activity test structure" accessible to students entrepreneurs incubated in the VentureLab. Moreover, it evaluates theoretically and empirically the effects this structure can have on the students' entrepreneurial process.

An "entrepreneurial activity test structure" is an organization allowing would-be entrepreneurs to assess the feasibility of their project by testing their Business Model hypotheses before starting any administrative procedures concerning the legal status. The objective of this project is to encourage students to engage into an entrepreneurial process.

In order to assess the effects on the students' entrepreneurial process, two theories have been consulted: the entrepreneurial commitment principle developed by Bruyat and the effectuation principle developed by Sarasvathy. The literature has shown two positive outcomes:

On the one hand, this structure could reduce the perceived risk of irreversibility because it makes it possible to come back to the initial status without any significant constraint, in case of inconclusive test. Thus, the structure might counter the reluctance to change of future entrepreneurs.

On the other hand, this structure could allow students entrepreneurs to develop their project incrementally on a trial and error basis. This method follows market contingencies and seems particularly suited to the development of a project.

The final selected solution is a partnership with a current "activity cooperative" called StepBySteppes. This thesis provides details about the defined incubation modalities and about best practices in order to promote a successful project outcome.

Entrepreneurship process --- Effectuation --- Entrepreneurship commitment --- Entrepreneurial activity test structure --- VentureLab --- Students Entrepreneurs --- Sciences économiques & de gestion > Economie sociale

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How should firms decide whether and when to invest in new capital equipment, additions to their workforce, or the development of new products? Why have traditional economic models of investment failed to explain the behavior of investment spending in the United States and other countries? In this book, Avinash Dixit and Robert Pindyck provide the first detailed exposition of a new theoretical approach to the capital investment decisions of firms, stressing the irreversibility of most investment decisions, and the ongoing uncertainty of the economic environment in which these decisions are made. In so doing, they answer important questions about investment decisions and the behavior of investment spending. This new approach to investment recognizes the option value of waiting for better (but never complete) information. It exploits an analogy with the theory of options in financial markets, which permits a much richer dynamic framework than was possible with the traditional theory of investment. The authors present the new theory in a clear and systematic way, and consolidate, synthesize, and extend the various strands of research that have come out of the theory. Their book shows the importance of the theory for understanding investment behavior of firms; develops the implications of this theory for industry dynamics and for government policy concerning investment; and shows how the theory can be applied to specific industries and to a wide variety of business problems.

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