The decision making of individuals is increasingly presenting distinctive characteristics and in particular in the entrepreneurial sector. The current thesis has the aim to review the evolution of the decision making from an historical point of view, starting from the classical rationality theory to the neoclassical theory. In order to deeper analyze the entrepreneurial sector, the thesis defines the evolution of this concept during the last century focusing on the level of risk percept and the contextual factors that influence their decision making as the definition of opportunity and the entry decision. In this study, the developed model tests how availability of information related to the creation of a new venture influences the related risk perception and the final decision to start it. In the second model, the thesis underlines as two heuristics influence the perception of risk and cognitive bias on the decision making: availability of information and Framing effects.Moreover, it is possible to underline as these two heuristics present a correlation, since the available information are framed in positive and negative terms. Results reveal the presence of a relationship between the risk percept and the framing: the different combinations are able to stimulate or inhibit the entrepreneurial behavior, finding a gender distinction in the risk propensity.
Il decision making delle persone presenta sempre più caratteristiche distintive e ciò si rileva in particolare nel settore dell’imprenditorialità. La presente tesi ha lo scopo di revisionare l’evoluzione del decision making da un punto di vista storico, partendo dalla teoria classica della razionalità alla teoria neoclassica. Per analizzare nel dettaglio il settore dell’imprenditorialità, la tesi definisce l’evoluzione di questo concetto nell’ultimo secolo focalizzandosi sul rischio percepito ed i contextual factors che influenzano il loro decision making come la definizione dell’opportunità e la decisione di entrare nel progetto. In questo studio, il modello sviluppato testa come la disponibilità di informazioni legate alla creazione di una impresa influenzino il rischio percepito e la decisione finale di intraprenderla o meno. Attraverso il secondo modello, la tesi sottolinea come due heuristics influenzino il rischio percepito e gli aspetti cognitivi del decision making: availability of information ed il Framing effect. Inoltre, è possibile sottolineare come questi due heuristics presentino una relazione, siccome le disponibilità di informazioni sono proposte in termini positivi e negativi Moreover, it is possible to underline as these two heuristics present a correlation, since the available information are framed in positive and negative terms. Results reveal the presence of a relationship between the risk percept and the framing: the different combinations are able to stimulate or inhibit the entrepreneurial behavior, finding a gender distinction in the risk propensity.
"The Framing effect in the Entrepreneurial risk perception"
CALABRESE, MATTEO
2016/2017
Abstract
The decision making of individuals is increasingly presenting distinctive characteristics and in particular in the entrepreneurial sector. The current thesis has the aim to review the evolution of the decision making from an historical point of view, starting from the classical rationality theory to the neoclassical theory. In order to deeper analyze the entrepreneurial sector, the thesis defines the evolution of this concept during the last century focusing on the level of risk percept and the contextual factors that influence their decision making as the definition of opportunity and the entry decision. In this study, the developed model tests how availability of information related to the creation of a new venture influences the related risk perception and the final decision to start it. In the second model, the thesis underlines as two heuristics influence the perception of risk and cognitive bias on the decision making: availability of information and Framing effects.Moreover, it is possible to underline as these two heuristics present a correlation, since the available information are framed in positive and negative terms. Results reveal the presence of a relationship between the risk percept and the framing: the different combinations are able to stimulate or inhibit the entrepreneurial behavior, finding a gender distinction in the risk propensity.È consentito all'utente scaricare e condividere i documenti disponibili a testo pieno in UNITESI UNIPV nel rispetto della licenza Creative Commons del tipo CC BY NC ND.
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14239/11253