A Quantum view of entrepreneurial opportunity: moving beyond the Discovery and Creation views
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Keywords
Entrepreneurial opportunity; Quantum mechanics; Metaphor; Agency; Duality; Uncertainty;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
- O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
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