The role of entrepreneurial decision-making in opportunity creation and recognition

The return of the Jedi in entrepreneurship?! : Developing a validated competence framework for sustainable entrepreneurship and exploring the specific role of moral competencies in the sustainable entrepreneurial process

“…Since not all entrepreneurs have founding partners, in this research, the critical moment "founding partner selection" is broadened to "organize the entrepreneurial team". This is also supported across entrepreneurship literature in which organizing a team is seen as a critical moment during the venture creation process (Maine et al, 2015;Timmons & Spinelli, 1999).…”

“…The decision making process is characterized by six critical moments that have been identified in the literature (e.g. Maine et al, 2015). In total 33 sustainable entrepreneurs located in the Netherlands participated in this study.…”

“…A focus on critical moments in an entrepreneurial context is a proven method for instance studying entrepreneurial learning of more established entrepreneurs (Cope & Watts, 2010;Lans et al, 2008). More specifically, Maine et al (2015) identified 6 different critical moments within the decision making process of (sustainable) entrepreneurs: (1) Zhang et al, 2010;Hsu, 2007;Bhide, 2000). Selecting a founding partner generally occurs only once and entrepreneurs tend to choose founding partners through people who the entrepreneurs already know, rather than finding founding partners externally (Maine et al, 2015).…”

“…More specifically, Maine et al (2015) identified 6 different critical moments within the decision making process of (sustainable) entrepreneurs: (1) Zhang et al, 2010;Hsu, 2007;Bhide, 2000). Selecting a founding partner generally occurs only once and entrepreneurs tend to choose founding partners through people who the entrepreneurs already know, rather than finding founding partners externally (Maine et al, 2015). Since not all entrepreneurs have founding partners, in this research, the critical moment "founding partner selection" is broadened to "organize the entrepreneurial team".…”

The Role of Mobile Phones in Governance-Driven Technology Exports in Sub-Saharan Africa

“…Moreover, recent literature on ICT for development purposes has focused on two main streams. The first strand which deals with the use of ICT for entrepreneurial opportunities include: emphasis on entrepreneurs who are continuously innovating because of evolving skills and financial resources (Best, 2015); the discovery and creation of new innovation opportunities (Wan et al, 2015;Hang et al, 2015); technological innovations that are offering new avenues due to road-mapping of patents (Jeong & Yoon, 2015); business opportunities that are associated with an ageing population (Kohlbacher et al, 2015) and growing ecosystems (Overholm, 2015); opportunities for entrepreneurs in scientific fields (Maine et al, 2015) and research collaborations (McKelvey et al, 2015). The second strand which deals with the employment of ICT for economic development in the developing world is concerned with, inter alia: economic prosperity (Qureshi, 2013a;Levendis & Lee, 2013); standards of living (Chavula, 2013); sustainable economic development (Byrne et al, 2011); progress within the financial sector (Kamel, 2005); better life for all (Kivuneki et al, 2011); inclusive development (Asongu & Nwachukwu, 2016a) and externalities in welfare (Qureshi, 2013bc;Carmody, 2013).…”