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Uncovering the affective turmoil during opportunity recognition and exploitation: A nonlinear approach
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This study explores the affective turmoil experienced by nascent entrepreneurs during opportunity
recognition and exploitation. Based on the affect circumplex model, we employed nonlinear
methods to identify configurations of affect that emerge during these early stages of the entrepreneurial
journey. We analyzed data from 50 nascent entrepreneurs using Artificial Neural
Networks (ANNs) trained with twenty affect dimensions as input variables and opportunity
recognition and opportunity exploitation as outcomes. Results show that nascent entrepreneurs
experience different affect configurations during opportunity recognition and exploitation. While
four configurations of affect emerged associated with opportunity recognition and exploitation,
their nature and importance to the experienced event are significantly different. Specifically,
“active screening” is the most important configuration of affect during opportunity recognition,
while “vigilant” is the most important during opportunity exploitation. We posit that nonlinear
methods can help to uncover the affective turmoil experienced by entrepreneurs during a
particular event. These findings provide new insights on how affect associates differently with
cognition during the early stages of entrepreneurship.
Descrição
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCT
Palavras-chave
Opportunity recognition and exploitation Affect Nonlinear methods
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Journal of Business Venturing Insights 14,
Editora
Elsevier