Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition Through Social NetworksPsychology Press, 2000 - 195 pages Provides the first empirical support for the importance of network characteristics other than size to idea identification and opportunity recognition. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
OPPORTUNITY RECOGNITION AND SOCIAL | 4 |
OPPORTUNITY RECOGNITION LITERATURE | 27 |
RESEARCH METHODS | 61 |
SUMMARY OF RESPONDENTS AND STUDY SAMPLE | 75 |
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EMPIRICAL | 89 |
TESTS OF HYPOTHESES | 101 |
DISCUSSION OF EMPIRICAL RESULTS | 127 |
SUPPLEMENTARY ANALYSES OF DATA | 139 |
Alertness to Opportunity Recognition | 146 |
CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH | 161 |
CITED LITERATURE | 167 |
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Appendix BCover Letters and Postcard | 189 |
Common terms and phrases
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