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Entrepreneurial alertness in the pursuit of new opportunities

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  • Tang, Jintong
  • Kacmar, K. Michele (Micki)
  • Busenitz, Lowell

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The recognition and development of new opportunities are at the heart of entrepreneurship. Building from Kirzner's (1973, 1999) work, cognition theory, and McMullen and Shepherd's (2006) recent development, we offer a model involving three distinct elements of alertness: scanning and search, association and connection, and evaluation and judgment. We then conduct multiple studies to develop and validate a 13-item alertness scale that captures these three dimensions. Results demonstrate appropriate dimensionality, strong reliability, and content, convergent, discriminant, and nomological validity. The resultant instrument provides researchers with a valuable tool for probing the entrepreneurial opportunity development process including antecedents and outcomes.

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  • Tang, Jintong & Kacmar, K. Michele (Micki) & Busenitz, Lowell, 2012. "Entrepreneurial alertness in the pursuit of new opportunities," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 27(1), pages 77-94.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbvent:v:27:y:2012:i:1:p:77-94
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2010.07.001
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