Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Action
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What is the primary outcome of entrepreneurial opportunities?

  • Improved quality of existing products
  • Introduction of new goods and services at a cost higher than production
  • Introduction of new goods and services at a cost greater than their cost of production (correct)
  • Reduced costs of production
  • What is a key characteristic of entrepreneurial action?

  • Creating new products and entering new markets (correct)
  • Creating new products and entering existing markets
  • Improving existing products and entering new markets
  • Maintaining existing products and entering existing markets
  • What is the primary focus of entrepreneurial thinking?

  • Reducing costs of production
  • Improving product quality
  • Overcoming ignorance to identify opportunities (correct)
  • Overcoming competition
  • Which of the following is NOT a type of entrepreneurial thinking?

    <p>SWOT analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the outcome of successful entrepreneurial action?

    <p>Business growth and regional prosperity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of revisiting 'deceptively simple questions' in entrepreneurial thinking?

    <p>To challenge the dominant logic and explore new opportunities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the key benefit of developing multiple decision frameworks in entrepreneurial thinking?

    <p>To enhance the ability to sense and respond to environmental changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of a comprehension task in cognitive adaptability?

    <p>Understanding the underlying principles of a business model</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary characteristic of entrepreneurs who exhibit cognitive adaptability?

    <p>They are dynamic, flexible, self-regulating, and engaged in the process of generating multiple decision frameworks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of cognitive adaptability in entrepreneurial thinking?

    <p>To rapidly sense, act, and mobilize even under uncertain conditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Entrepreneurship and Opportunities

    • Entrepreneurship plays a crucial role in creating and growing businesses, as well as promoting regional and national growth and prosperity.

    Entrepreneurial Concepts

    • Entrepreneurial Opportunities: Situations where new goods, services, raw materials, and organizing methods can be introduced and sold at a higher price than their production cost.

    Entrepreneurial Action

    • Entrepreneurship requires action through the creation of new products/processes and/or entry into new markets.
    • This action can occur through a newly created organization or within an established organization.

    Entrepreneurial Thinking

    • Entrepreneurial Thinking: The mental process of overcoming ignorance to identify opportunities, reducing doubt, and processing feedback from action steps taken.
    • Types of Entrepreneurial Thinking:
      • Think Structurally:
      • Bricolage:
      • Effectuation:

    Cognitive Adaptability

    • Enables individuals to rapidly sense, act, and mobilize in uncertain conditions.
    • Involves making sense of opportunities in the context of changing goals and questioning the dominant logic in a changing environment.
    • Requires revisiting deceptively simple questions about what is thought to be true about markets and firms.

    Characteristics of Cognitive Adaptability

    • Dynamic: being able to change and adapt to new situations.
    • Flexible: able to adjust to new information or circumstances.
    • Self-regulating: able to control and manage one's own response to changes.
    • Engaged: actively involved in the process of generating decision frameworks.

    Decision Frameworks

    • Organized around knowledge about people and situations.
    • Used to help make sense of what is going on.
    • Focused on sensing and processing changes in the environment.

    Types of Cognitive Adaptability Tasks

    Comprehension Tasks

    • Aim to understand and interpret information.

    Connection Tasks

    • Involve making connections between different pieces of information.

    Strategic Tasks

    • Focus on developing strategies and plans to address changes in the environment.

    Reflection Tasks

    • Encourage reflection on past experiences and decisions to learn and improve.

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