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JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 1-10Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.09.003
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Entrepreneurial Opportunity; Qualitative Methods; Imprinting and Reflexivity
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This article applies inductive analytic techniques to identify and elaborate on two recurring themes that underpin the core puzzle of entrepreneurship research where entrepreneurial opportunities come from. The first theme is the unique role of imprinting, or the profound influence of social and historical context in constraining the perceptual apparatus of entrepreneurs and delimiting the range of opportunities for innovation available to them. Second, our analysis offers insight into the counterbalancing role of reflexivity, operating at both individual and collective levels of analysis, in generating the ability of entrepreneurs to overcome the constraints of imprinting. These insights are based on a thematic review of the nine studies that comprise this special issue on qualitative research. The nine studies, individually and each in their own way, offer key insights into how we might better understand the emergence of entrepreneurial opportunity. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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