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Entrepreneurial opportunity incubation : a micro-process view
Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/79764 Entrepreneurial opportunity incubation : a micro-process view Myres, Kerrin ichelp@gibs.co.za Mamabolo, Anastacia Mugadza, Nyasha Olivia Valerie UCTD new venture new venture opportunity incubation venture concept seasoned entrepreneurs Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2020. The ability of entrepreneurs to incubate new venture opportunity remains an under-researched area of entrepreneurship studies. When engaged actors are motivated to pursue such activity venturing action is invigorated. This bridges the gap between believing in an idea and developing personal capacity to translate that belief into viable venturing. However, it has remained unclear how successful entrepreneurs have navigated this complex phase. This study therefore advances empirical insight into the iterative character of new venture opportunity incubation as enacted by seasoned entrepreneurs. Building on existing scholarship the study promotes a lived experience-led conceptualisation of key constructs and their relationships. Longitudinal data gathering from purposively selected case studies enabled the capture of qualitative data. Computer aided data analysis and coding (CADAC) revealed underling themes, thus illuminating meaningful pattern recognition. Deductive analysis of cross sectional interview data substantiated findings. Triangulation analysis revealed the activities, cognitions and behaviours which characterise opportunity incubation, as the subjects converted ideas into new venture concepts. These findings contribute to existing knowledge at a theoretical level: firstly, by identifying and describing the micro-processes that constitute new venture opportunity incubation. Secondly, the granular level of activation that the study accessed, revealed entrepreneurs’ cognitive and behavioural competencies in driving enactment. Finally, the study identified the venture concept artefacts that seasoned entrepreneurs’ prioritise when shaping new venture concepts. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) DPhil Unrestricted 2021-05-04T09:27:57Z 2021-05-04T09:27:57Z 2021 2020 Thesis Mugadza, NOV( 2020, Entrepreneurial opportunity incubation : a micro-process view, DPhil Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79764> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79764 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD new venture new venture opportunity incubation venture concept seasoned entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial opportunity incubation : a micro-process view |
| title | Entrepreneurial opportunity incubation : a micro-process view |
| title_full | Entrepreneurial opportunity incubation : a micro-process view |
| title_fullStr | Entrepreneurial opportunity incubation : a micro-process view |
| title_full_unstemmed | Entrepreneurial opportunity incubation : a micro-process view |
| title_short | Entrepreneurial opportunity incubation : a micro-process view |
| title_sort | entrepreneurial opportunity incubation a micro process view |
| topic | UCTD new venture new venture opportunity incubation venture concept seasoned entrepreneurs |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79764 |