The systematic search for entrepreneurial discoveries /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
James O. Fiet ; foreword by Jay B. Barney.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, Conn. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Quorum Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxi, 234 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Essential Role of Discovery in Entrepreneurship; 2. Toward a Theory of Entrepreneurship; 3. The Informational Economics of Discovery; 4. The Impact of Competitive Structure on Discovery; 5. Entrepreneurial Competence as Knowledge; 6. Deciding How Entrepreneurs Can Search for Discoveries; 7. Discovery as Either the Result of Accidental Alertness or Systematic Search; 8. The Promise of Systematic Search for Aspiring Entrepreneurs; 9. The Pedagogy of Entrepreneurship Theory; 10. Opportunities for Future Research; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Entrepreneurs do much more than manage small businesses. At the heart of entrepreneurship is the discovery process. An idea is conceived and then exploited for profit. But if the idea is neither useful nor unique, its exploitation will generate only average profits. Therefore, the idea and the process that leads to its discovery are of the utmost importance to the success of any new venture. Can the discovery process be taught, or must one be born with the talent to unearth promising opportunities? Fiet argues that entrepreneurial discovery can indeed be taught, and he proposes a theory of the.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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Title
Systematic search for entrepreneurial discoveries.