Analysing the Role of Framework Conditions Influencing International Entrepreneurial Opportunity Identification Process

• Autorzy: Yonni A. Cuero Acosta , Richard Adu-Gyamfi , Md. Noor Un Nabi , Utz Dornberger
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Objective:The objective of this paper is to determine and analyse the framework conditions that influence the entrepreneurial opportunity identification and action in the international market context.

Research Design & Methods: Scholars from the International Business and International Entrepreneurship (IE) research fields agree that the process of internationalisation is triggered by opportunity identification. The extant literature is reviewed by assessing the framework conditions that domestic and international markets offer for entrepreneurial actions. An analytical juxtaposition of the influential factors is conducted in the light of various stages of the opportunity identification process by examining - at each stage - possible effects of domestic and international market context.

Findings:This paper brings into the IE discussion a conceptual matrix of various elements and factors - external conditions - which influence the creation of nexus by entrepreneurs to the markets.

Implications & Recommendations:The conceptual matrix offers new insights for theoretical development and arguments for designing empirical research in terms of external conditions. It is expected to provoke more theoretical and practical questions from scholars within the IE field.

Contribution & Value Added: The originality of this work lies in proposing a comprehensive framework to understand how context interacts with the entrepreneurial opportunity identification process. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

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Przedsiębiorczość międzynarodowa; Internacjonalizacja przedsiębiorstw; Przedsiębiorstwo na rynku międzynarodowym

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International entrepreneurship; Enterprise internationalization; Company on the international market

• Czasopismo: Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 5
• Numer: nr 3 International Entrepreneurship : New Perspective in IB Research
• Strony: 9-29

Twórcy

autor

Yonni A. Cuero Acosta

• Leipzig University, Germany

autor

Richard Adu-Gyamfi

• Leipzig University, Germany

autor

Md. Noor Un Nabi

• Khulna University, Bangladesh

autor

Utz Dornberger

• Leipzig University, Germany

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DOI

10.15678/EBER.2017.050301