Prior knowledge and the discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Shane, S
• 署名单位: University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.11.4.448.14602
• 发表日期: 2000
• 页码: 448-469
• 关键词: Entrepreneurship; Austrian economics; DISCOVERY

摘要

Technological innovations are usually thought to create business opportunities that are unequivocal and readily apparent to any knowledgeable observer. Drawing on Austrian economics, this article portrays the recognition of such opportunities as distinctive cognitive feats whose accomplishment is conditioned by an entrepreneur's prior experience and education. In-depth case studies demonstrate the multiple opportunities that can arise from a single innovation.