Discovery and creation: Alternative theories of entrepreneurial action

SA Alvarez, JB Barney - Strategic entrepreneurship journal, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… as an example of a discovery or creation process, these two theories do have … of
entrepreneurial actions in different contexts. The implications of these theories for seven of these …

Discovery and creation: Alternative theories of entrepreneurial action

S Alvarez, JB Barney - Fisher College of Business Working Paper, 2006 - papers.ssrn.com
… However, as important as Discovery Theory might be in the field of entrepreneurship, a …
studying entrepreneurial action. Indeed, an alternative general theory of entrepreneurship not …

Opportunity discovery, entrepreneurial action, and economic organization

PG Klein - Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… psychological aspects of discovery. Rather, I argue, opportunities can be treated as a latent
concept underlying the real phenomenon of interest, namely entrepreneurial action. I begin …

[PDF][PDF] Two theories of entrepreneurship: Alternative assumptions and the study of entrepreneurial action

SA Alvarez - 2005 - econstor.eu
… , the Discovery and Creation Theories of entrepreneurial action contradict each other. That
is, if the conditions of the Discovery Theory hold, then the conditions of the Creation Theory

The virtuous cycle of discovery and creation of entrepreneurial opportunities

SA Zahra - Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… on entrepreneurial … for discovery, while others promote the discovery and creation of
opportunities. The article suggests a virtuous and dynamic cycle where discovery enriches creation

Bisociation, discovery, and the role of entrepreneurial action

KG Smith, DD Gregorio - Strategic entrepreneurship: Creating a …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… in entrepreneurial action. In presenting our theory of discovery and entrepreneurial action we
… First, our theory is constructed at the individual level of analysis. This condition follows from …

Entrepreneurship as translation: Understanding entrepreneurial opportunities through actor-network theory

S Korsgaard - Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
… Thus, an opportunity may be enacted eg as a material artefact embodied in the text of a
business plan, or a represented goal to which entrepreneurial action seeks or the process as …

Theories of entrepreneurship: Alternative assumptions and the study of entrepreneurial action

SA Alvarez - Foundations and Trends® in Entrepreneurship, 2005 - nowpublishers.com
… However, despite the attempts of many entrepreneurship scholars to develop theory in this
… constitutes entrepreneurship theory and no generally accepted theory of entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial action and the role of uncertainty in the theory of the entrepreneur

JS McMullen, DA Shepherd - Academy of Management review, 2006 - journals.aom.org
… of uncertainty's preventive role in the entrepreneurial action process. Second, we offer a
conceptual model of entrepreneurial action that demonstrates how the addition of a new …

Entrepreneurial discovery or creation? In search of the middle ground

NJ Foss, PG Klein - Academy of Management Review, 2017 - journals.aom.org
… ; in these views entrepreneurship is seen as … shape entrepreneurial imagination and
ultimately determine success and failure. Entrepreneurial action unfolds over time as entrepreneurs