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BUSN - ENTI 317

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Opportunity Identification

To search for articles on opportunity identification, try using some of the following keywords:

entrepreneur* or "small business*" or "new venture*" or "new business*" or innovat*
AND
"opportunity identification" or "opportunity creation" or "opportunity recognition" or "economic opportunity"

Here are a few articles on this topic:

Genius lessons. (cover story).
By: Ankeny, Jason. Entrepreneur. Feb2015, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p32-38.

The 5 Cs of Opportunity Identification
By: Anthony, Scott. Harvard Business Review

Business Opportunity Identification through Dynamic Information Management in Collaborative Business Ventures
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 73, 27 February 2013, Pages 616-624

Opportunity Recognition as Pattern Recognition: How Entrepreneurs "Connect the Dots" to Identify New Business Opportunities.
Baron, Robert A. Academy of Management Perspectives. Feb2006, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p104-119.DOI: 10.5465/AMP.2006.19873412.

Searching for radical new product ideas: exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis for construct validation.
By: Nicholas, John; Ledwith, Ann; Aloini, Davide; Martini, Antonella; Nosella, Anna. International Journal of Technology Management. 2015, Vol. 68 Issue 1/2, p70-98. 29p. DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2015.068779. (This article is not available at the U of C but may be requested through interlibrary loan at no cost to you)

Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review.
By: Phillips, Wendy; Lee, Hazel; Ghobadian, Abby; O’Regan, Nicholas; James, Peter. Group & Organization Management. Jun2015, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p428-461. 34p. DOI: 10.1177/1059601114560063.

Capitalizing on Emerging Technologies.
By: Spitsberg, Irene; Verti, Michael J.; Brahmandam, Sudhir; Coulston, George W. Research Technology Management. Jul/Aug2015, Vol. 58 Issue 4, p17-27. 11p. DOI: 10.5437/08956308X5804263

How to Identify and Select a Business Opportunity and Then Implement the Business Idea? A Case on Edupreneurship in India.
By: Agrawal, Reena. Journal of Business Studies Quarterly. Jun2013, Vol. 4 Issue 4, p176-182.

Technovation - May June 2015 - special issue on Opportunity Recognition and Creation Edited by Hang Chang Chieh and Elizabeth Garnsey
Volumes 39–40, Pages 1-104
(Instructions: Select Vol 39-40 in the left side-bar)

 
 

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