Alerta emprendedora y conocimiento previo para la identificación de oportunidades emprendedoras: el papel moderador de las redes sociales

• Autores: Matilde Ruiz Arroyo, Ignacio Sanz Espinosa, María del Mar Fuentes Fuentes
• Localización: Investigaciones europeas de dirección y economía de la empresa, ISSN 1135-2523, Vol. 21, Nº 1, 2015, págs. 47-54
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.1016/j.iedee.2014.07.002
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Alertness and prior knowledge in the identification of entrepreneurial opportunities: The moderating role of social networks
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  • español

    Este estudio contribuye a la investigación sobre la identificación de oportunidades emprendedoras, analizando el efecto moderador que el tamaño y la fortaleza de la red de contactos del emprendedor ejercen en la relación de influencia del conocimiento previo y la alerta emprendedora sobre la identificación de oportunidades. Los resultados del análisis de regresión lineal sobre una muestra de 199 emprendedores de Andalucía muestran una influencia negativa del conocimiento previo sobre el número de oportunidades identificadas, así como un efecto moderador positivo de la fortaleza de la red en interacción con el nivel de alerta emprendedora. El presente trabajo contribuye a la literatura sobre emprendimiento proponiendo un modelo que estudia conjuntamente el papel del capital social, la alerta emprendedora y el conocimiento previo en la fase de identificación de oportunidades, y aplicando una perspectiva contingente basada en la integración del potencial papel moderador de ciertas características de las redes sociales del emprendedor.

  • English

    The present study advances in the research about identification of entrepreneurial opportunities, by analyzing the moderating effect that social network's size and strength may have on the relationship of prior knowledge and alertness with opportunity identification. We draw on a sample made up of 199 Andalusian entrepreneurs to perform a regression analysis. The results show a negative influence of prior knowledge on the number of identified opportunities, as well as a positive moderating effect of network strength over the relationship between alertness and opportunity identification. Our work can contribute to the entrepreneurship literature, given that we integrate in a model the effects of alertness, prior knowledge and social capital on the study of the opportunity identification phase, by applying a contingent perspective based on the moderating role of certain networks� characteristics.

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