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- Yar Hamidi, Daniel, et al.
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Creativity in entrepreneurship education
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. - : Emerald. - 1462-6004 .- 1758-7840. - 9781846639142 ; 15:2, s. 304-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to use social cognitive theory to investigate entrepreneurial intent among participants in graduate entrepreneurship programs. Specifically, the authors test whether students’ creative potential is related to their intention to engage in entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach – Theoretically derived hypotheses are tested using multiple and ordinal regression analyses. Findings – High scores on a creativity test and prior entrepreneurial experiences are positively associated with entrepreneurial intentions, whereas perception of risks has a negative influence. Research limitations/implications – The authors’ theoretical predictors of entrepreneurial intention received strong support, indicating that creativity should be considered in models of entrepreneurial intentions. However, the use of intentions as dependent variable has its own weaknesses in that it may not distinguish between “dreamers” and “doers”. Practical implications – The findings indicate that exercises in creativity can be used to raise the entrepreneurial intentions of students in entrepreneurship education. Heterogeneity in creative styles among students also points to the problems of a “one-size-fits-all” approach to entrepreneurship education. Originality/value – The paper is the first to investigate the importance of creativity in entrepreneurship education and theoretical models of entrepreneurial intentions. Keywords Entrepreneurialism, Education, Students
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- Korsgaard, Steffen, et al.
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A Tale of Two Kirzners: Time, Uncertainty and the ’Nature’ of Opportunities
- 2016
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Ingår i: Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. - : SAGE Publications. - 1042-2587 .- 1540-6520. ; 40:4, s. 867-889
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper discusses the influence of Israel Kirzner on the field of entrepreneurship research. We review Kirzner’s work and argue that it contains two distinct approaches to entrepreneurship, termed Kirzner Mark I and Kirzner Mark II. Mark I with its focus on alertness and opportunity discovery has exerted a strong influence on entrepreneurship research in the last decade, and helped catapult the field forward. We propose that Mark II, with its emphasis on time, uncertainty and creative action in pursuit of imagined opportunities, complements the discovery view and can provide an alternative conceptual grounding for the decade to come.
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- Berglund, Henrik, 1973, et al.
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Opportunities, Time, and Mechanisms in Entrepreneurship: On the Practical Irrelevance of Propensities
- 2017
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Ingår i: Academy of Management Review. - : Academy of Management. - 0363-7425 .- 1930-3807. ; 42:4, s. 731-734
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We conclude by suggesting that entrepreneurship scholars pay attention to Ramoglou and Tsang’s critique of naïve positivism and their emphasis on mechanisms and causal explanations. However, we see no value in using critical realism as a meta-theoretical crutch to save the realness and independence of entrepreneurial opportunities, and more generally to conceive of entrepreneurial processes and outcomes as caused by complexly interacting and empirically unobservable entities and mechanisms. Instead, we urge scholars to consider explanations that focus on empirically tractable social mechanisms that connect social action and interaction with relevant outcomes in ways that take into account the open-endedness, uncertainty, and transformative character of entrepreneurship.
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- Berglund, Henrik, 1973
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Early stage Venture Capital investing: Comparing California and Scandinavia
- 2011
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Ingår i: Venture Capital. - 1369-1066 .- 1464-5343. ; 13:2, s. 119-145
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- While venture capital has become a global phenomenon, our knowledge about regional differences in VC behavior is quite poor. Most cross-regional comparisons have been quantitative replications of US based studies, which has made it difficult to discern qualitative differences. To help remedy this situation, we conducted semi-structured open interviews with altogether twelve early stage VCs in California and Scandinavia. The results, which are presented in some detail, reveal substantial differences in VC activities and priorities during deal flow generation, investment, post investment involvement, and exit. Taking a cue from these specific findings, we conclude by suggesting that VCs can be conceived of as fulfilling three ideal typical roles as Investors, Coaches and Partners. Since they imply quite different modes of engaging with portfolio companies, it is also suggested that these roles “ while based on a limited sample “ may be useful for discriminating between VCs also in other settings.
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- Berglund, Henrik, 1973, et al.
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Enacting Risk in Independent Technological Innovation
- 2002
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Ingår i: International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management. ; 3:2/3/4, s. 205-221
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present study aims at investigating the role of risk in the activity of independent technological venturing. Altogether 12 deep-interviews were conducted with technological entrepreneurs, who had taken part in the inventive, developmental and the commercialisation phases of a technologybased innovation process. The interviews revealed a number of enactment approaches through which these innovators encountered and affected (dealt with or transformed) risk within the innovation process. Factors thus developed from the empirical material included: human capital, pace and priority, the world moves, activating social networks, risk learning, risk incrementalism, maintaining venture agility, and creating and sustaining autonomy. The paper presents a theoretical contextualisation as to the significance of these factors, and finally suggests a number of ways in which these may be interpreted for the benefit of innovation management.
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- Sandström, Christian, 1982, et al.
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Symmetric Assumptions in the Theory of Disruptive Innovation - Theoretical and Managerial Implications
- 2014
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Ingår i: Creativity and Innovation Management. - : Wiley. - 0963-1690 .- 1467-8691. ; 23:4, s. 472-483
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The literature on disruptive innovation has convincingly explained why many established firms encounter problems under conditions of discontinuous change; incumbents fail to invest in new technologies that are not demanded by their existing customers. This argument is grounded in resource dependency theory and the associated assumption that existing customers control a firm’s internal resource allocation processes. While convincingly explaining the problem of disruptive innovation, there is still much to do in terms of developing managerial solutions. We argue that a key reason why such solutions are lacking can be found in the asymmetric theoretical assumptions underpinning the original theory of disruptive innovation; assumptions which constrain on the scope of potential solutions. Specifically, we identify two related forms of asymmetry in the theory of disruptive innovation. First, the focal (incumbent) firm is treated as a collection of heterogeneous actors with different preferences, incentives and competencies, whereas firms in the surrounding environment are treated as if they contained no such heterogeneity. Second, the focal (incumbent) firm is treated as if controlled by the firms in its environment, whereas the focal firm itself is incapable of exerting any such control. In this paper we argue that a more symmetric theory of disruptive innovation - i.e. one that treats all similar entities in the same way - opens up for a range of interesting and fruitful managerial solutions.
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- Berglund, Henrik, 1973, et al.
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Business model innovation from an open systems perspective : Structural challenges and managerial solutions
- 2013
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Ingår i: International Journal of Product Development. - : InderScience Publishers. - 1477-9056 .- 1741-8178. ; 18:3-4, s. 274-285
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- There is an emerging consensus that business models are systemic and transcend firm boundaries. Yet, existing research on Business Model Innovation (BMI) challenges focus almost exclusively on intra-firm factors such as capabilities, cognition and leadership. We explore challenges related to BMI by instead drawing on an open systems perspective on organisations. In particular, we argue that the systemic and boundary-spanning nature of business models imply that firms are forced to act under conditions of interdependence and restricted freedom, since they do not have executive control over their surrounding network. Consequently, we propose that suitable managerial solutions include the development of shared knowledge, appropriability regimes based on trust, network stability and the alignment of heterogeneous interests.
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- Berglund, Henrik, 1973, et al.
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The artifacts of entrepreneurial practice
- 2022
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Ingår i: Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice: Handbooks of Business and Management Research as Practice. - : Edward Elgar Publishing. ; , s. 168-186
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In this chapter we set out to complement the entrepreneurship as practice perspective by proposing a conceptualization of its central artifacts, such as business models, pitches, and prototypes. Having defined as entrepreneurial those artifacts that serve to instantiate an abstract opportunity in a way that supports its further development, we discuss entrepreneurial artifacts in terms of three broad categories: abstract, material, and narrative. Thereafter we point to some themes for further development before concluding with implications for the practice (and practice theory) of entrepreneurship.
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- Berglund, Henrik, 1973, et al.
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A New Perspective on the Innovators Dilemma Exploring the role of Entrepreneurial Incentives
- 2017
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Ingår i: International Journal of Technology Management. - : Inderscience Publishers. - 0267-5730 .- 1741-5276. ; 75:1-4, s. 142-156
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Why do entrant firms sometimes gain the upper hand under conditions of discontinuous technological change? Previous research on this topic has either looked at the role of established competencies and/or firm incentives to invest in a new technology. In this paper we explore an alternative explanation. Drawing upon evidence from the ongoing transition from CCTV to digital, IP based video surveillance, we argue that entrant firms may be more prone to act entrepreneurially, i.e. more inclined to proactively create or transform markets and build ecosystems. As new technologies frequently require altered behaviour among customers and stakeholders, this capability is sometimes critical in order to succeed in a technological transition. Our contribution therefore lies in pointing out that not only may incentives to allocate R&D resources differ among entrants and incumbents, firms might also have different incentives to engage in entrepreneurial activities of creating or transforming markets.
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