Entrepreneurial alertness an exploratory study
Entrepreneurial alertness plays an important role in the processes of opportunity exploration and exploitation. A central thesis of this dissertation is that opportunity creation requires a certain transformation of an individual entrepreneur's mental schema. A four-dimension structure of the e...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Heidelberg :
Tsinghua Press : Springer
2013.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009468842206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Entrepreneurial Alertness; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abstract; Chapter 1: Introduction; Focus and Contributions; Research Questions; References; Chapter 2: The Construct of Entrepreneurial Alertness; Literature Review; Information Search Model; The Adaptive Learning Approach; Kirzner's Theory of Entrepreneurial Alertness; The Psychological Approach to Entrepreneurial Alertness; The Rational Model of the Psychological Approach; The Irrational Model of the Psychological Approach; The Knowledge Development Approach
- A Reconceptualization of Entrepreneurial AlertnessA Framework of Entrepreneurial Alertness; Juxtaposing; Unlearning; Prospecting; Embellishing; References; Chapter 3: An Integrative Model of Entrepreneurial Alertness; The Construct of New Venture Performance; Entrepreneurial Alertness and New Venture Performance; The Construct of Entrepreneurial Experimentation; Entrepreneurial Alertness, Experimentation, and New Venture Performance; The Construct of Organizational Capability; The Influence of Organizational Capabilities; Internal Communication Mechanisms; Formal Control
- Organizational Support of the FirmPerson- and Competition-Related Values; The Construct of Competitive Environment; The Influence of Competitive Environment; Munificence; Hostility; Heterogeneity; References; Chapter 4: Methodology; Measurement Instrument; Independent Variables; Entrepreneurial Alertness; Entrepreneurial Experimentation; Organizational Capability; Competitive Environment; Dependent Variables; Organizational Growth; Entrepreneur's Satisfaction; Control Variables; Questionnaire Construction and Pretest; Data Collection; Database Construction and Screening
- Demographic Characteristics and Missing ObservationsData Analyses Strategies; Measurement Model Analyses; Path Model Analyses; References; Chapter 5: Findings; Measurement Models; Exploratory Factor Analysis; Entrepreneurial Alertness; The Entrepreneurial Experimentation Construct; The Organizational Capability Construct; The Competitive Environment Construct; The New Venture Performance Construct; Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Overall Measurement Model; Con fi rmatory Factor Analyses and Validity Assessment of the Entrepreneurial Alertness Construct
- Confirmatory Factor Analyses of Other Measurement ModelsThe Experimentation Construct; The Organizational Capability Construct; The Competitive Environment Construct; The New Venture Performance Construct; Path Models and Hypotheses Test; Testing the Originally Proposed Model; Relationships Among Alertness, Experimentation, and New Venture Performance; The Integrative Model of Entrepreneurial Alertness and Experimentation; Developing the New (Post Hoc) Model and Hypotheses; Testing Main Effects Model; Testing the Interaction Effects Model; Testing the Mediating Effects Model
- The Effects of Covariates on New Venture Performance
