Opportunity Identification and Its Role in the Entrepreneurial Classroom: A Pedagogical Approach and Empirical Test

By Dawn R. DeTienne, Gaylen N. Chandler. 2004

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Subfields: Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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Entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention: Do female students benefit? (2016, neutral): “Courses do not specifically focus on Western ideas relating to systematic search for business opportunities (Fiet, 2000), passive search skills emphasizing creativity (DeTienne and Chandler, 2004), bricolage (Baker and Nelson, 2005) or effectuation (Read et al.”
Recognizing Opportunities across Campus: The Effects of Cognitive Training and Entrepreneurial Passion on the Business Opportunity Prototype (2018, methodology): “While other studies have explored the relationship between training and opportunity recognition (e.g., DeTienne and Chandler 2004), and affect is known to influence entrepreneurial cognition (Cardon et al. 2009), there is little evidence about the roles of different affective predispositions toward…”
Beyond Affective Valence: Untangling Valence and Activation Influences on Opportunity Identification (2015, methodology): “For instance, Foo (2011) found that for positively activated affect, happiness leads to approach, while hope leads to retreat.”
Analysing, pursuing and networking: Towards a validated three-factor framework for entrepreneurial competence from a small firm perspective (2011, background): “…with empirical support associated with this domain include the ability to diagnose problems, connect and rearrange ideas (analysis) and carefully match new ideas with existing knowledge and capabilities (judgement) (Baron and Ensley, 2006; DeTienne and Chandler, 2004; Mitchell et al., 2000).”
A theoretical grounding and test of the GEM model (2008, background): “Education enhances an individual‟s cognitive ability, thereby enabling her to better recognise an opportunity when one presents itself (DeTienne and Chandler, 2004; Parker, 2006).”
What can education bring to entrepreneurship? Formal versus non-formal education (2020, background): “The first broad type is the relationship between EET knowledge and skills (DeTienne & Chandler, 2004; Fayolle et al., 2009; Hanke, Kieswetter, & Warren, 2005), followed by the positive perceptions of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education and training (Cooper & Lucas, 2007; Peterman &…”
Having a creative day: understanding entrepreneurs’ daily idea generation through a recovery lens (2018, background): “…focuses on entrepreneurs' creativity as a personality trait and demonstrates its contribution to business success, including opportunity recognition (DeTienne and Chandler, 2004; Shane and Nicolaou, 2015), firm innovation (Sarooghi et al., 2015), and businesses' growth (Gielnik et al., 2012a).”
The Impact of Educational Levels on Formal and Informal Entrepreneurship (2015, methodology): “As secondary education, tertiary education does also provide individuals with skills to detect and assess business opportunities (DeTienne and Chandler, 2004) and plays a crucial role on the attitudes and behavioral dispositions (Peterman and Kennedy, 2003; Walter and Dohse, 2009) through similar me”
Entrepreneurial assets and mindsets: Benefit from university entrepreneurship education investment (2013, methodology): “University ESE can promote the intention to become self-employed and/ or business owners (Autio et al., 1997; Chen et al., 1998; Galloway and Brown, 2002; DeTienne and Chandler, 2004; Zhao et al., 2005; Fayolle et al., 2006; Athayde, 2009; Ertuna and Gurel, 2011).”
The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education in High School on Long-Term Entrepreneurial Performance (2015, methodology): “Detienne and Chandler (2004) used a Solomon Four-Group Designed experiment with students from a strategic management course and showed that specific skills training can improve individuals’ opportunity identification, notably their ability to generate more ideas and improve the innovativeness of…”
Examining the formation of human capital in entrepreneurship: A meta-analysis of entrepreneurship education outcomes (2013, background): “First is the relationship between EET and entrepreneurial knowledge and skills (e.g. Fayolle, Lassas-Clerc & Tounes, 2009; DeTienne & Chandler, 2004; Hanke, Warren, & Kisenwether, 2010).”