Opportunity discovery and creation in social entrepreneurship: An exploratory study in Mexico |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Business, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus, Calle del Puente No. 222, Col. Ejidos de Huipulco, Tlalpan, Mexico City 14380, Mexico;2. EGADE Business School, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Av. Fundadores y Rufino Tamayo S/N, San Pedro Garza García, N.L. 66269, Mexico;3. Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine 92697-3125, CA, USA;1. Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria, Canada;2. Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University, United Kingdom;3. Neely School of Business, Texas Christian University, United States;4. Sun Yat-Sen Business School, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China;5. Institute for Entrepreneurship Management, Zhejiang University, China;6. College of Business, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, United States;1. School of Entrepreneurship, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK 74078, United States;2. John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63108, United States;3. Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63108, United States;4. Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623-5608, United States;5. Business School, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, China |
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| Abstract: | Building on the literature on opportunity identification among commercial entrepreneurs, we propose a conceptual framework for the opportunity identification process in social entrepreneurship that includes both opportunity discovery and opportunity creation. We develop scales to measure these constructs and examine their validity and reliability. In addition, we develop and test hypotheses explaining the causes of opportunity discovery and opportunity creation. Our results confirm that opportunity discovery and opportunity creation are mutually exclusive constructs. We also find support for the role of radical innovation and information search in the opportunity identification process in a sample of Mexican social entrepreneurs. |
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