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They Consume and We Deliver, But What? Frames of Sensemaking in Opportunity Formation
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Tekijät: Laura Niemi, Jenni Kantola, Pekka Stenholm, Henri Hakala
Konferenssin vakiintunut nimi: Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Kustantaja: Academy of Management
Julkaisuvuosi: 2017
Kokoomateoksen nimi: Academy of Management Proceedings
Numero: 1
ISSN: 0065-0668
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2017.15548abstract
Rinnakkaistallenteen osoite: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/29079942
This study investigates how entrepreneurs make sense of their consumer environment and opportunities formed within. The entrepreneurial opportunities are seen as gradual, socially situated constructions in which consumers dominate opportunity formation without explicit control by the entrepreneur. The findings suggest that entrepreneurs make sense of novel opportunities through three interrelated framing discourses, which are sense of individuality; sense of communality and sense of consumption culture. The study highlights the role of sensemaking in opportunity formation and reveals the social nature of the process in which entrepreneurs make sense of consumer environment and seek legitimacy and acceptance for their novel ideas.
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