Discovering entrepreneurial opportunities : individual, team and organizational capabilities
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The discovery of profitable entrepreneurial opportunities is a challenging endeavor. Even for expert entrepreneurs and investors. Particularly in high-growth, dynamic and uncertain environments. I begin by analyzing empirical literature in the fields of entrepreneurship, strategy and institutions to explain where opportunities emerge in time and space, and which unique behaviors help to discover them. Next, I empirically explore how individuals, teams and organizations can develop the capabilities to discover high-value opportunities. My first empirical study shows how entrepreneurs can acquire these capabilities by interacting with the right peers. The second study shows how team composition aids the necessary cognitive flexibility during the discovery process. My final study shows how organizations can use rational heuristics to discover and accurately predict high-potential ventures. I explore these questions by studying two novel entrepreneurship policies: Start-Up Chile and I-Corps.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Leatherbee, Michael Gerald |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Management Science and Engineering. |
| Primary advisor | Eesley, Charles |
| Thesis advisor | Eesley, Charles |
| Thesis advisor | Eisenhardt, Kathleen M |
| Thesis advisor | Katila, Riitta |
| Advisor | Eisenhardt, Kathleen M |
| Advisor | Katila, Riitta |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Michael Gerald Leatherbee. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Management Science and Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2015. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2015 by Michael Gerald Leatherbee
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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