University of Groningen
Unpacking opportunity recognition for sustainable entrepreneurship
Enthoven, Margo
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10.33612/diss.160443584
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Enthoven, M. (2021). Unpacking opportunity recognition for sustainable entrepreneurship. University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.160443584
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Propositions
Belonging to the thesis By Margo Philippina Maria Enthoven
1. An in-depth understanding of the opportunity recognition process is crucial for understanding and fostering the success of existing and future sustainable entrepreneurs. (Chapter 1)
2. Sustainable entrepreneurs have different and sometimes conflicting motivations to engage in sustainable business practice. (Chapter 1, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4)
3. Opportunities for sustainable entrepreneurship are recognized in relation to sustainability problems and may provide solutions to these problems. (Chapter 3 and Chapter 4)
4. The processes of sustainable opportunity recognition and individual identity formation are intertwined. As such, identity and opportunity are developed in conjunction. (Chapter 4)
5. The translation of an abstract problem into a specific problem enables sustainable opportunity recognition. (Chapter 4)
6. Spatial sectoral business clusters create opportunity spaces for sustainable entrepreneurship within that sector. (Chapter 2)
7. A shared ideology enables a synergy between the strategies of sustainable entrepreneurs and activists who address the same sustainability issue. (Chapter 5)
8. Activist and sustainable entrepreneurs use different to bring about consumer change: activists contest the current market while entrepreneurs participate in the current market with sustainable alternatives. (Chapter 5)
9. Opportunities can be discovered and created at the same time, and therefore both opportunity discovery and opportunity creation views are equally valuable for entrepreneurship theory. (Chapter 6) 10. “The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?”
