Beyond the Single-Person, Single-Insight Attribution in Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunities

Dimo Dimov

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2007, vol. 31, issue 5, 713-731

Abstract: This article helps develop the creativity perspective within entrepreneurship in two ways. First, it elaborates on the nature of opportunity as a creative product. Rather than viewing opportunities as single insights, it suggests that they are emerging through the continuous shaping and development of (raw) ideas that are acted upon. Second, rather than attributing them to a particular individual, it highlights the contextual and social influences that affect the generation and shaping of ideas. This helps move entrepreneurship research beyond the single–person, single–insight attribution that currently permeates it.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00196.x

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