 Towards a heuristic frame for opportunity development of business models for mobile applications in developing countries: the case of a Brazilian healthtechGabriel Marcuzzo do Canto Cavalheiro and Mariana Brandão Cavalheiro International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2024, vol. 46, issue 1, 107-122 Abstract: With the widespread introduction of new digital technologies leading to new processes, products, markets, and ways of organising, entrepreneurs must discover opportunities in which to strategically exploit the new technologies. Based on an extensive literature review, this study proposed a model of entrepreneurial action that takes into account entrepreneurs' experiences of risk-taking, opportunity identification, and action. In order to validate the proposed framework, we apply the model to examine the growth trajectory of a Brazilian healthtech start-up. Therefore, this article seeks to contribute to filling a knowledge gap in the entrepreneurship literature using empirical evidence on the identification and development of a business opportunity. It became clear that the opportunity identification and development process focused on filling perceived gaps and involved expanding traditional capabilities within the activities of physicians, as well as acquiring expertise from outside the boundaries of the medical arena. Keywords: entrepreneurship; opportunity identification; start-up; healthtech; opportunity development. (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:ids:ijbisy:v:46:y:2024:i:1:p:107-122 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Business Information Systems from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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