 Perceptions Revisited: Continuing to Look at the World Through Entrepreneurial LensesEvan Douglas ()
Chapter Chapter 5 in Revisiting the Entrepreneurial Mind, 2017, pp 61-67 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This chapter focused on how the perceptions of prospective entrepreneurial action, by intending, nascent, or practicing entrepreneurs, might differ from those of non-entrepreneurs. The perceptions considered were those concerning the risks and rewards of entrepreneurial actions. The rewards are the monetary and psychic gains of entrepreneurship, while risk refers to the probability of loss of time and money invested as well as the psychic costs of economic loss and entrepreneurial failure. A series of “lenses” were proposed that either increase or decrease the clarity of the perceived desirability and the perceived feasibility of becoming an entrepreneur. According to the theory of planned behavior, the formation of entrepreneurial intentions is followed, with a lag that varies with the individual, by entrepreneurial behavior. In the following “afterthoughts” the impact of the lenses on the time lag between intentions and behavior is examined. Keywords: Entrepreneurial Action; Search Cost; Entrepreneurial Intention; Entrepreneurial Opportunity; Nascent Entrepreneur (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:inschp:978-3-319-45544-0_5 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45544-0_5 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in International Studies in Entrepreneurship from Springer |
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