Entrepreneurial Alertness An Exploratory Study

Entrepreneurial alertness plays an important role in the processes of opportunity exploration and exploitation.

A central thesis of this dissertation is that opportunity creation requires a certain transformation of an individual entrepreneur's mental sc

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Zhineng Li

Entrepreneurial Alertness An Exploratory Study

Zhineng Li Development Research Center The State Council of P.R.C Enterprise Research Institute Tsinghua University Beijing, P.R. China

ISBN 978-3-642-31097-3 ISBN 978-3-642-31098-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-31098-0 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012949822 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank a number of people for their support and assistance with writing this dissertation and with my academic progress. First of all, I am grateful to my dissertation committee. Professors David Deeds and Moren Levesque made numerous insightful comments throughout the course of my dissertation research. I am especially grateful to Prof. Bo Carlsson for his invaluable advice and tremendous support all throughout my Ph.D. study in Cleveland. My foremost gratitude is to my principal advisor, Prof. Robert D. Hisrich, for offering me the opportunity to work in the fantastic world of entrepreneurship. I am truly thankful to him for all the hospitality and critical support I have received throughout the past years. I also would like to thank Prof. William Schulze for his enthusiast

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