02077nam a2200337 a 4500 eep9781781007990 DLC 20041104152807.0 m o d cr un||||||||| 030328s2003 enka ob 001 0 eng d 2003045753 9781781007990 (e-book) DLC DLC DLC HB615 .S477 2003 338/.04 21 Shane, Scott Andrew, 1964- A general theory of entrepreneurship [electronic resource] : the individual-opportunity nexus / Scott Shane. Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : E. Elgar, c2003. 1 online resource (xiv, 327 p.) : ill. New horizons in entrepreneurship Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-314) and index. 1. Introduction -- 2. The role of opportunities -- 3. The discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities -- 4. Individual differences and the decision to exploit -- 5. Psychological factors and the decision to exploit -- 6. Industry differences in entrepreneurial activity -- 7. The environmental context of entrepreneurship -- 8. Resource acquisition -- 9. Entrepreneurial strategy -- 10. The organizing process -- 11. Conclusions. In the first exhaustive treatment of the field in 20 years, Scott Shane extends the analysis of entrepreneurship by offering an overarching conceptual framework that explains the different parts of the entrepreneurial process - the opportunities, the people who pursue them, the skills and strategies used to organize and exploit opportunities, and the environmental conditions favorable to them - in a coherent way. Entrepreneurship. Electronic books. lcsh Edward Elgar Publishing. 1843763826 (cased) 1843769964 (pbk.) 9781843763826 (hardback) 9781843769965 (pbk.) New horizons in entrepreneurship. https://www.elgaronline.com/view/1843763826.xml 2010_and_before_Business 2010_and_before Business