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An opportunity-based approach to international entrepreneurship: pursuing opportunities internationally through prospection
Oyson, Manjo and Whittaker, D. Hugh (2010) An opportunity-based approach to international entrepreneurship: pursuing opportunities internationally through prospection. In: The 18th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference : May 27-28, 2010 + May 25-26 Doctoral Workshop, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands., 25 May 2010 - 28 May 2010, Enschede, The Netherlands .
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| Event: | The 18th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference : May 27-28, 2010 + May 25-26 Doctoral Workshop, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands., 25 May 2010 - 28 May 2010, Enschede, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | This paper argues for a better understanding of entrepreneurship in international entrepreneurship – the ‘E in IE’. The paper suggests that the central role of opportunity formation and exploitation in entrepreneurship research should be fully explored in IE. The entrepreneur-firm-opportunity nexus in internationalisation is examined through an opportunity-based approach (OBA). This suggests that the process of internationalisation may be conceived as the formation and exploitation of international entrepreneurial opportunities. The subjective, entrepreneurial ability to create an imagined future – ‘prospection’ – is examined to show how entrepreneurs use prospection to: creatively imagine combinations of firm capabilities and market opportunities to form entrepreneurial opportunities. A typology of entrepreneurial opportunity formation is advanced which distinguishes between opportunity discovery, development, construction, and creation. The paper concludes by suggesting how the OBA can help explain the choice of foreign markets, early internationalisation, speed of internationalisation, and foreign entry modes. |
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial opportunity; firm capability; international entrepreneurship; opportunity discovery; opportunity creation |
| Link to this item: | http://purl.utwente.nl/proceedings/62 |
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