Abstract
Opportunity recognition (OR) is at the very heart of entrepreneurship. However, research on OR in the context of social entrepreneurship is still in its early stages. First, this article identifies, codifies and analyses OR-relevant articles on social entrepreneurship (SE) through the lens of Sarasvathy's three views of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. In the second step, statistical methods are applied on the results to indicate possible correlations among different schools of thought in SE and views on OR. OR in social ventures is found to be a prevalent topic in SE literature and differences in OR between social and commercial ventures are found.
| Original language | English |
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| Peer-reviewed scientific journal | The Journal of Entrepreneurship |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 25-58 |
| Number of pages | 34 |
| ISSN | 0971-3557 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 01.03.2012 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article - refereed |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
Keywords
- meta-analysis
- opportunity recognition
- social entrepreneurship
- thematic-analysis
- 512 Business and Management
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