LEARNING STRATEGIES OF HIGH-TECH ENTREPRENEURS ABOUT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

IF 1.4 Q3 MANAGEMENT

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing Pub Date : 2020-03-03 DOI:10.1504/IJEV.2020.105549

Izak Fayena, Adrian Nelson, Lyndsay Rashman, D. V. Rensburg

引用次数: 1

Abstract

This two-phase, sequential mixed methods, utilising a qualitative, followed by a quantitative study was conducted with 178 high-tech entrepreneurs based in Israel. The study focuses on how entrepreneurs learn about business opportunities and explores the factors that affect the way they do it. A conceptual model is presented and then empirically tested. The results show that entrepreneurs learn strategically about business opportunities. Six learning strategies were identified as relevant to the process of opportunity identification. Prior knowledge of foreign markets was found as the most significant factor, while cognitive style was found to moderate the strength of the relationships between prior knowledge and the learning strategies. Entrepreneurs can benefit from these findings by recognising that they have a battery of learning strategies, which are relevant to the opportunity identification process. The identification of six learning strategies that are relevant to the process of opportunity identification is unique to this study.

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高科技企业家关于商业机会的学习策略

对以色列的178名高科技企业家进行了两阶段连续混合方法，先是定性研究，然后是定量研究。这项研究的重点是企业家如何了解商业机会，并探讨了影响他们这样做的因素。提出了一个概念模型，并进行了实证检验。结果表明，企业家对商业机会的学习是战略性的。六种学习策略被确定为与机会识别过程相关。国外市场的先验知识是影响学习策略的最显著因素，而认知方式对先验知识与学习策略之间的关系强度起调节作用。企业家可以从这些发现中受益，认识到他们有一系列与机会识别过程相关的学习策略。识别与机会识别过程相关的六种学习策略是本研究独有的。

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来源期刊

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

20.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： The journal name relates to Harvard Business School''s understanding of "The Entrepreneurial Venture" (Sahlmann/Stevenson/Roberts/Bhidé), the concept of entrepreneurship not only limited to new ventures/start-ups, but further understood as the concentration of opportunity/growth/value creation regardless of company size, age or kind. Hence, IJEV addresses organisational processes surrounding these concepts: from an idea to an innovation. To bridge the gap between innovation and entrepreneurship research, IJEV emphasises implications of this new knowledge for researchers, managers, public policy makers and business educators. Topics covered include: -Opportunity: identification; recognition; creation; selection; exploitation -Growth: management of rapidly growing enterprises; control -Value creation: for owners; for customers; other stakeholders; society -Entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship -New venture creation -Management of technology and innovation -New product development and creativity -SME management -Entrepreneurial and small enterprise finance -Crowdsourcing and crowdfunding -Family business -Gender and diversity -Global entrepreneurship and internationalisation -Public policy, the economy, and the small enterprise -Business and organisational failure