Social Capital, Cognition, and Entrepreneurial Opportunities: A Theoretical Framework

By D. D. De Carolis, Patrick A. Saparito. 2006

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Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Sociology and Political Science

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Institutional Theory and Contextual Embeddedness of Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership: Evidence from 92 Countries (2015, neutral): “In addition, social capital and social networks has been identified as imporant determinants of recognition and explotation of entrepreneurial opportunities (De Carolis and Saparito 2006; Mitchell et al. 2002; Stenholm et al. 2011).”
Entrepreneurial orientation and strategic alliance success: The contingency role of relational factors (2017, background): “Second, these relationships may influence the effectiveness of firms' entrepreneurial strategies (De Carolis & Saparito, 2006; Welter, 2011).”
The Concept of “Opportunity” in Entrepreneurship Research: Past Accomplishments and Future Challenges (2010, background): “…opportunities are the starting point that drives a model of international entrepreneurship that determines the speed of internationalization De Carolis & Saparito (2006) Social cognitive theory Develops a model suggesting that the interplay of social capital and cognitive biases explains…”
The Study of Bias in Entrepreneurship (2017, background): “The contrasting relationships between (dis)trust and overconfidence in De Carolis and Saparito (2006) and Gudmundsson and Lechner (2013) appear to be a paradox.”
Sustainable entrepreneurship and sustainability innovation: categories and interactions (2011, background): “The role of networks is stressed not only in mainstream entrepreneurship research (De Carolis and Saparito, 2006; Ozgen and Baron, 2007; White, 2002), but especially as relates to sustainability innovation (Boons and Roome, 2005).”
Building networks into discovery: The link between entrepreneur network capability and entrepreneurial opportunity discovery (2018, neutral): “…such as prior knowledge or experience (Baron & Ensley, 2006; Dimov, 2010; Ucbasaran, Westhead, & Wright, 2009), creativity (Gielnik, Frese, Graf, & Kampschulte, 2012; Shane & Nicolaou, 2015), and cognitive processes (De Carolis, Litzky, & Eddleston, 2009; De Carolis & Saparito, 2006).”
The influence of perceptions on potential entrepreneurs (2011, neutral): “More recently, the entrepreneurial cognition approach has been paying attention to the analysis of cognitive biases and heuristics (Busenitz and Lau 1996; Simon et al. 2000; Keh et al. 2002; De Carolis and Saparito 2006; Baron 1998; Koellinger et al. 2007; Schade and Koellinger 2007).”
Does Social Media Use Influence Entrepreneurial Opportunity? A Review of its Moderating Role (2017, background): “Strong social capital and networks facilitate finding business opportunities and encourage individuals to become entrepreneurs [10].”
Information processing and strategic decision-making in small and medium-sized enterprises: The role of human and social capital in attaining decision effectiveness (2013, background): “Research in the area has identified the importance of social ties in venture creation and enterprise gestation (De Carolis and Saparito, 2006; De Carolis et al., 2009; Lee, 2009), but the effects of social capital (Blackburn and Kovalainen, 2009) and specifically, cognitive social capital (Lee,…”
Contextualizing Entrepreneurship—Conceptual Challenges and Ways Forward (2011, background): “Some studies explore how opportunities are recognized and constructed through social contacts (de Carolis & Saparito, 2006; de Koning, 2003; Fletcher, 2006).”