Module 1 Session 3 Flashcards
key component of entrepreneurship.
OPPORTUNITY
situations in which new goods, service, raw materials, markets and organizing methods can be introduced through the formation of new means, ends, or means-ends relationship
opportunity
vary largely in complexity and characteristics and so the process through which they are identified
opportunity
two types of opportunity
Tacit Opportunity
Codified Opportunity
a type of opportunity that is described as a situation that is difficult to codify, articulate or communicate, in which a person can create a new means-ends framework for recombining resources.
Tacit Opportunity
a type of opportunity that is described as a situation that is well-documented, articulated or communicated, in which a person can create a new means-ends framework for recombining resources
Codified Opportunity
_____ may be the chance to meet a _____ (or interest or want) through a creative combination of resources to deliver superior value.
Opportunity, market need
______ is the the progenitor of both personal and societal wealth
Opportunity Recognition
what are the three distinct process in opportunity recognition
- Sensing or perceiving market needs and/or underemployed resources.
- Recognizing or discovering it a “fit” between particular market needs and specified resources
- Creating a new “fit” between heretofore seperate needs and resources in the form of business concept.
it is the key to the engine that starts new businesses.
Identification of Opportunities
they argue that understanding the opportunity identification process is one of the primary questions within the province of entrepreneurship.
Venkataraman (1997 and Gaglio and Katz (2001)
they realized in their work that if different types of opportunities are identified, it is necessary to bring the entrepreneur back into the picture to understand the relationship between the type of opportunity and the entrepreneurial process.
Smith, Matthews and Schenkel (2006) and Shane (2003)
Other researchers like Baum, Locke, and Smith (2001) and Rauch and Frese (2000) have pointed out that _____ remains an important general predictor of ______, once specific mediating factors are considered.
personality, entrepreneurial behavior
Difference Between Wishes and Goals
Wishes are imagined future states. In contrast to wishes, goals are objects or aims of actions (Locke & Latham, 2002). So, goals indicate the steps to take to make the wishes come true.
It is is something that we want to achieve
Goal
It is specific, measurable occurrence, object, or accomplishment that one would like to achieve, or obtain in the future
Goal
It is one where you develop concrete action plans to take you to where and what you want in the future
Goal