Advancing entrepreneurial alertness: Review, synthesis, and future research directions

Cognitive cultural intelligence and entrepreneurial alertness: evidence from highly educated, employed immigrants in the USA

“…Finally, past literature suggests that entrepreneurial environments, such as government policies, socioeconomic conditions and financial assistance (Gnyawali and Fogel, 1994), could directly or indirectly affect entrepreneurial alertness (Lanivich et al, 2022). For example, environmental munificence is found positively related to entrepreneurial alertness (Ghasemi and Rowshan, 2016;Tang et al, 2021a).…”

“…Identifying potential business opportunities is critical for entrepreneurial activities (George et al, 2016). Entrepreneurial alertness is a key precondition for opportunity recognition (Lanivich et al, 2022). Entrepreneurial alertness refers to individuals' ability to scan and search for information, connect previously unrelated pieces of information and evaluate and judge the potential of this new information for potential business opportunities, which represents the core of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition (Ardichvili et al, 2003;Tang et al, 2012Tang et al, , 2021b.…”

“…A large volume of research suggests that the cognitive perspective can be beneficial to enhance our understanding of the entrepreneurial process (Gr egoire et al, 2011;Mitchell et al, 2007). In a recent systematic review, Lanivich et al (2022) identified sensing and searching information, cognitive ability, personality factors (such as creativity and self-efficacy), environment, social networks, knowledge and experience as the core components of entrepreneurial alertness. In particular, the study highlighted that cognitive ability plays a central role in entrepreneurial alertness, calling on more research on entrepreneurial alertness from a cognitive perspective.…”

Curious enough to start up? How epistemic curiosity and entrepreneurial alertness influence entrepreneurship orientation and intention

“…In past research, the successful recognition of business opportunities has often been explained using the concept of entrepreneurial alertness (Neneh, 2019;Sharma, 2019;Chavoushi et al, 2021;Tang et al, 2021;Lanivich et al, 2022). Entrepreneurial alertness is an individual's ability to identify business opportunities, which are not recognized by others (Kirzner, 1983).…”

“…As some people had better access to information than others, it was easier for them to recognize opportunities without searching for them (see Sharma, 2019). However, the conceptualization of alertness has evolved in its definition since Kirzner, leading to multiple streams of research about the theoretical foundations of the concept, such as cognitive abilities, social networks, and personality traits, as Lanivich et al (2022) point out in a systematic review on alertness (also see Sharma, 2019).…”