An agent operating in an unpredictable world must be able to take advantage of opportunities but cannot afford to perform a detailed analysis of the effects of every nuance of the current situation on its goals if it is to respond in a timely manner. This paper describes a filtering mechanism that enables the effective recognition of opportunities. The mechanism is based on a characterization o...

The study investigates the mediating role of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition on relationship between attitude and intention among university students in Ghana. A structured questionnaire was administered to 500 Ghana, data collected analyzed using Amos. Structural equation modeling (SEM) used assess hypothesized paths. result indicated that had a substantial positive impact both further...

The experience of work in an entrepreneurial context is saturated with emotional experiences. While the literature on the relation between affect and entrepreneurial performance (EP) is growing, there was no quantitative integration of the results so far. This study addresses this gap and meta-analytically integrates the results from 17 studies (N = 3810) in order to estimate the effect size fo...

The focus of this study is to investigate the major factors influencing entrepreneurial intent and behavior, by addressing role education, business opportunity recognition, need for achievement. research data were collected online using a self-administered questionnaire among 148 Moroccan women having completed an entrepreneurship training program. analysis PLS-SEM provided evidence positive im...

We empirically study how opportunity cost of entrepreneurship conditions entrepreneurial performance. We assume that entrepreneurs in high tech startups aim to “cash out”, by being acquired on favorable terms or through an IPO. Entrepreneurs with few alternative opportunities will tend to linger on as long as they can in the hopes of cashing out, whereas those with plentiful opportunities have ...

Abstract Government size, corruption, and tax policy can influence allocation towards necessity or opportunity-driven entrepreneurship. Using a comparative multi-source sample across 52 countries during 2005–2015, we apply mixed-process estimation of the simultaneously unrelated system equations unpack these heterogeneous complex effects. Interestingly, our results show that corruption on oppor...

Most of the economies in both developed and developing nations consider youth policies visualize a society as situation where have an equal opportunity any other citizen; hence, to realize fullest potential, productively participating economic, social, political, cultural religious life without fear or favor. Despite this visualization, youths many continue face myriad challenges including but ...

social entrepreneurs are impassioned individuals who combine leadership, creativity, and an entrepreneurial spirit to solve social problems related to matters affecting human welfare at systemic levels. the purpose of this study which is based on qualitative approach is to form a developing social entrepreneurship model in iran. accordingly, social entrepreneurs want to develop innovative progr...