 Advancing entrepreneurial alertness: Review, synthesis, and future research directionsStephen E. Lanivich, Adam Smith, Ludvig Levasseur, Robert J. Pidduck, Lowell Busenitz and Jintong Tang Journal of Business Research, 2022, vol. 139, issue C, 1165-1176 Abstract: Alertness is increasingly associated with entrepreneurial opportunities. However, ambiguity in the conceptualization and operationalization of the construct have limited its potential and utility for entrepreneurship research. Given the variations in treatment of alertness, we investigate the concept as it is currently evolving in entrepreneurship scholarship. With this examination, we bring to the forefront inconsistencies and emerging trends regarding the nomological alignment and measurement of alertness. This review and synthesis of alertness research clarifies conceptual inconsistencies stemming from its Kirznerian roots and offers a framework with agenda for entrepreneurial alertness research. This agenda includes the application of entrepreneurial alertness to the opportunity creation paradigm. Keywords: Entrepreneurial alertness; Entrepreneurship; Market alertness; New venture ideas; Opportunity identification; Opportunity recognition (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:139:y:2022:i:c:p:1165-1176 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.10.023 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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