A general theory of entrepreneurship the individual-opportunity nexus
1. Introduction -- 2. The role of opportunities -- 3. The discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities -- 4. Individual differences and the decision to exploit -- 5. Psychological factors and the decision to exploit -- 6. Industry differences in entrepreneurial activity -- 7. The environmental context...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K
E. Elgar
c2003
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| Series: | New horizons in entrepreneurship
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 1. Introduction -- 2. The role of opportunities -- 3. The discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities -- 4. Individual differences and the decision to exploit -- 5. Psychological factors and the decision to exploit -- 6. Industry differences in entrepreneurial activity -- 7. The environmental context of entrepreneurship -- 8. Resource acquisition -- 9. Entrepreneurial strategy -- 10. The organizing process -- 11. Conclusions In the first exhaustive treatment of the field in 20 years, Scott Shane extends the analysis of entrepreneurship by offering an overarching conceptual framework that explains the different parts of the entrepreneurial process - the opportunities, the people who pursue them, the skills and strategies used to organize and exploit opportunities, and the environmental conditions favorable to them - in a coherent way |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 327 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781843769965 1843769964 9781781007990 1843763826 9781843763826 |