Opportunity Recognition and Prior Knowledge: A Meta-Analysis

Sergio Canavati; Hessam Sarooghi; Dirk P Libaers; Andrew C Burkemper

doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2016.10826abstract

Opportunity Recognition and Prior Knowledge: A Meta-Analysis

Sergio Canavati, Hessam Sarooghi, Dirk P Libaers, Andrew C Burkemper

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A meta-analysis of 59 studies comprising 70 statistically independent samples and 168,694 observations has been performed to investigate the institutional factors that moderate the relationship between prior knowledge and entrepreneurial opportunity identification. The results show that the abundance of financial capital in a society and the regulatory protection provided by government enhance the strength of the link between prior knowledge and discovery of opportunities, while the availability of entrepreneurship specific education weakens this link. Moreover, cultures with more orientation toward collectivism and uncertainty avoidance are found to be more conducive to leveraging prior knowledge in the process of identifying entrepreneurial opportunities.

Original language	American English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2016.10826abstract
State	Published - Aug 2016
Event	76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - Anaheim, CA Duration: Aug 1 2016 → …

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Conference	76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Period	8/1/16 → …

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meta-analysis
opportunity recognition
prior knowledge

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Business
Business Administration, Management, and Operations

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