Entrepreneurial Alertness [electronic resource] : An Exploratory Study / by Zhineng Li.
By: Li, Zhineng [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: BookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013Description: XVI, 148 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642310980.Subject(s): Business | Entrepreneurship | Business and Management | EntrepreneurshipAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 658.421 Online resources: Click here to access online In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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 entrepreneurial alertness construct is created, namely juxtaposing, unlearning, prospecting and embellishing. A comprehensive model of entrepreneurial alertness are adopted and tested via structural equation modeling on the basis of survey data from 1080 entrepreneurs in two coastal regions of P. R. China.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 entrepreneurial alertness construct is created, namely juxtaposing, unlearning, prospecting and embellishing. A comprehensive model of entrepreneurial alertness are adopted and tested via structural equation modeling on the basis of survey data from 1080 entrepreneurs in two coastal regions of P. R. China.
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