The purpose of the article is to assess whether an entrepreneurial causation or effectuation logic is a function of geographical location in densely populated economic regions versus sparsely populated economic regions. A causation logic implies that the entrepreneur primarily focuses on a predefined goal and further aims to identify the means to reach that goal. By contrast, an effectuation logic implies that the entrepreneur to a larger extent focuses on the means at hand, which she or he aims at materialising into one or more goals that are not necessarily predefined. The empirical data for the study are based on an investigation and evaluation of Norwegian entrepreneurs in business incubation that are located in many different economic regions of the country. Multilevel regression analyses showed that geographical location in sparsely populated economic regions is associated with a causation logic, whereas a location in densely populated economic regions is associated with an effectuation logic. An implication of the article is that entrepreneurial stakeholders, such as policymakers, incubator managers, public and private partners, and entrepreneurs themselves should be aware of differences in causation and effectuation logics between entrepreneurs located in densely versus sparsely populated economic regions.

本文的目的是评估企业家因果关系或实现逻辑是否是人口稠密的经济区与人口稀疏的经济区中地理位置的函数。因果逻辑意味着企业家主要关注于预定的目标，并且进一步旨在确定实现该目标的手段。相比之下，实现逻辑意味着企业家在更大程度上专注于手头的手段，她或他旨在将其实现为一个或多个不一定预先定义的目标。该研究的经验数据是基于对挪威孵化器的调查和评估，这些企业位于该国许多不同的经济区域。多级回归分析表明，人口稀少的经济区中的地理位置与因果逻辑相关，而人口稠密的经济区中的地理位置与影响逻辑相关。本文的含义是，决策者，孵化器管理者，公共和私人合伙人以及企业家自身等企业家利益相关者应该意识到，人口稠密经济地区和人口稀少经济地区的企业家之间因果关系和实现逻辑的差异。