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Opportunity Recognition in Social Entrepreneurship: a Thematic Meta Analysis

Opportunity recognition (OR) is at the very heart of entrepreneurship. However, research on OR in the context of social entrepreneurship is still in its early stages. First, this article identifies, codifies and analyses OR-relevant articles on social entrepreneurship (SE) through the lens of Sarasv...

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Main Author: Lehner, Othmar M
Other Authors: Kaniskas, Juha.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Entrepreneurship 2012
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Online Access:http://library.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui/handle/123456789/1005
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Summary:Opportunity recognition (OR) is at the very heart of entrepreneurship. However, research on OR in the context of social entrepreneurship is still in its early stages. First, this article identifies, codifies and analyses OR-relevant articles on social entrepreneurship (SE) through the lens of Sarasvathy’s three views of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. In the second step, statistical methods are applied on the results to indicate possible correlations among different schools of thought in SE and views on OR. OR in social ventures is found to be a prevalent topic in SE literature and differences in OR between social and commercial ventures are found.
Physical Description:25-58