A General Theory of Entrepreneurship

By Scott A. Shane. 2003

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Subfields: Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Social enterprise versus social entrepreneurship: An examination of the ‘why’ and ‘how’ in pursuing social change (2013, background): “The term ‘entrepreneurship’ is associated with opportunity identification, innovation and risk (Kirzner, 1979; Shane, 2003; Venkataraman and Sarasvathy, 2001), and the introduction of something new to the market (Davidsson, 2006).”
Biology and Selection into Entrepreneurship—The Relevance of Prenatal Testosterone Exposure (2016, methodology): “Entrepreneurship research based on the individual–opportunity nexus framework, for instance, stresses that individual differences play a critical role in individuals’ decision-making processes (Eckhardt & Shane, 2010; Shane, 2003; Shane & Venkataraman, 2000; Venkataraman, 1997).”
Serial entrepreneurship: impact of human capital on time to re-entry (2011, background): “In the same vein, individuals with managerial experience are more likely to have developed the necessary skills to pursue market opportunities and organize new businesses (Bates 1990; Gimeno et al. 1997; Eckhardt and Shane 2003).”
The Schumpeterian entrepreneur: a review of the empirical evidence on the antecedents, behaviour and consequences of innovative entrepreneurship (2017, positive): “Like all forms of entrepreneurship, innovative entrepreneurship originates from a nexus of individuals and opportunities (Shane 2003).”
The role of problem solving ability on innovative behavior and opportunity recognition in university students (2018, background): “Shane (2003) The ability to identify opportunities with new information, such as puzzles. learning process of new venture firms.”
Competence development of entrepreneurs in innovative horticulture (2007, background): “Examples of outputs of opportunities are new products, new services, new markets, new inputs, new production methods and new methods of organization (Shane, 2003).”
Knowledge context and entrepreneurial intentions among students (2012, background): “…make the difference in international competition are not those which are ubiquitously available but those which are bound to a specific location and cannot easily be replicated or imitated elsewhere (Storper 1997). quality, quantity and speed of receipt of that information’’ (Shane 2003, p. 49).”
Toward a Theory of Public Entrepreneurship (2010, background): “A large literature on antecedents of entrepreneurial discovery (Shane & Venkataraman, 2000; Shane, 2003) focuses on how individuals perceive their environment, how they value factors and products, and how they communicate their discoveries to others.”
The Small Firm Effect and the Entrepreneurial Spawning of Scientists and Engineers (2010, background): “The negative relationship between firm size and labor turnover is well documented (Brown, Hamilton, and Medoff 1990, Davis, Haltiwanger, and Schuh.”
Planned Luck: How Incubators Can Facilitate Serendipity for Nascent Entrepreneurs Through Fostering Network Embeddedness (2020, background): “…from the network structure (Dushnitsky & Shaver, 2009; Zane & DeCarolis, 2016), such as access to tangible resources (e.g., financial resources; Batjargal et al., 2013), learning benefits (Powell et al., 1996), emotional support (Shane, 2003), and enhanced status and legitimacy (Burt, 1997).”