Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 4 of 4
Full-Text Articles in Business
A Discourse On Entrepreneurial Identity : Three Essays., Krishna P. Poudel
A Discourse On Entrepreneurial Identity : Three Essays., Krishna P. Poudel
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
My dissertation provides theoretical insights on individual level entrepreneurial identity in three inter-related essays, drawing on multiple theories and disciplines. In the first essay, I advance a dual-process model of identity development, contributing to the debates in the broad identity literature. I articulate that the intrinsic prospection of identity is another fundamental process of identity formation, besides the social construction of identity, the prevalent notion in the literature. I propose a comprehensive conceptual framework of entrepreneurial identity. On the basis of this conceptual framework, I explain that there are within-group and between-group variations in the entrepreneurial identity of different types …
A Social Cognitive Perspective On Opportunity Evaluation., Trayan Kushev
A Social Cognitive Perspective On Opportunity Evaluation., Trayan Kushev
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Very few topics in entrepreneurship have received as much attention as the entrepreneurial process. It consists of the discovery, evaluation and exploitation of opportunities to create future goods and services. Evaluation is at the center of this process because it follows discovery and is the main precursor of the decision to exploit an opportunity. However, we know very little of the factors informing evaluation decisions. Furthermore, research on the topic is limited in that it mostly examines either opportunity-based or individual-based factors in simple models of evaluation. Of course, evaluation decisions are more sophisticated and include a plethora of other …
Is That An Opportunity? : A Multilevel Investigation Of The Individual-Opportunity Nexus And Opportunity Beliefs., Eric Shaunn Mattingly
Is That An Opportunity? : A Multilevel Investigation Of The Individual-Opportunity Nexus And Opportunity Beliefs., Eric Shaunn Mattingly
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Early entrepreneurial action focuses on opportunities and involves two distinct evaluative phases: (1) recognizing that something is an opportunity for somebody and (2) deciding whether or not one wants to pursue exploitation of a particular opportunity. Scholars primarily explain the first of these phases using individual differences. However, entrepreneurial action involves the nexus of opportunities and individuals. In my dissertation, I examine the independent effects of opportunity differences on opportunity recognition as well as the degree to which they are contingent on individual-level constructs. Specifically, I examine this phenomenon in the context of technology commercialization. I use analogical problem solving …
Entrepreneurial Decision-Making Under Risk : Prospect Theory And Dual-Process Theory., Dalong Ma
Entrepreneurial Decision-Making Under Risk : Prospect Theory And Dual-Process Theory., Dalong Ma
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This research addresses the question of why some people become entrepreneurs whereas others do not. The debate has been going on for decades in entrepreneurship. In this dissertation, I address this question by decomposing it into two related questions. The first question is whether entrepreneurs make different decisions compared to non-entrepreneurs when they are facing the same opportunities under risk. The second question is whether these differences in decision-making (if any) are due to the natural proclivity of entrepreneurs themselves. To identify the differences of entrepreneurial decision-making between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs, this study investigates the nexus between entrepreneurs and opportunities …