Learning from past experience: Footnotes on mindfulness and habitual entrepreneurship |
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Authors: | Claus Rerup |
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Institution: | Assistant Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business, OB Group, University of Western Ontario, Office 1N70, 1151 Richmond Street North, London, Ont., Canada N6A 3K7 |
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Abstract: | Although scholars have long recognized that failure is endemic to entrepreneurial activity, they have implicitly argued that prior entrepreneurial experience positively affects opportunity discovery and opportunity exploitation. In contrast, I argue that the degree of mindfulness with which entrepreneurs use prior experience can both help and harm their ability to discover and exploit opportunities. I draw on several literatures, including studies of habitual entrepreneurship, behavioral learning theory, and theories of mindfulness, to develop a framework that yields insights about how, when and why habitual entrepreneurs’ use of past experience might improve the performance of their new ventures. |
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Keywords: | Organizational learning Mindfulness Habitual entrepreneurship Opportunity discovery Opportunity exploration |
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