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      RECONCEPTUALIZING OPPORTUNITY CONSTRUCT: AN ANSWER TO A THEORETICAL DILEMMA THROUGH A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW Translated title: RECONCEPTUALIZAR EL CONSTRUCTO DE OPORTUNIDAD: UNA RESPUESTA A UN DILEMA TEÓRICO A TRAVÉS DE UNA REVISIÓN SISTEMÁTICA DE LA LITERATURA

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          ABSTRACT After Shane’s seminal work in 2000 which highlighted the importance of entrepreneurial opportunities, the number of studies focusing on entrepreneurial opportunity increased rapidly. Different definitions of this concept were provided in the field, ranging from subjective to objective ones, which gave rise to a lack of consensus among researchers and this, in turn, was an obstacle that slowed down theorizing in entrepreneurship. Taking into account the past trends in management sciences, it seems to be the right moment to re-conceptualize the core construct of opportunity. The major critique of existing definitions is their operationalization. To provide a better operationalization, the present study aimed to offer a more accurate conceptual definition. To this end, the study first examined current debates on opportunity, which revealed the major problem causing the debates. Then, through a systematic literature review, from among more than seven thousand documents in the Scopus database containing opportunity keywords, 74 papers were selected following different phases of filtration. The papers were analyzed in detail to extract different constructs. Then, using the framework of Hansen et al, they were classified along six dimensions. The concepts under each dimension were examined to finally provide a bigger picture of the construct of opportunity and offer a re-conceptualization. The results of this study highlight the gaps for future research and pave the ground for other systematic literature reviews in the field. JEL: I21, I23, M1

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          RESUMEN Después de que el influyente trabajo de Shane en 2000 destacó la importancia de las oportunidades empresariales, el número de estudios centrados en las oportunidades empresariales aumentó rápidamente. En el campo se aportaron distintas definiciones de este concepto, que van desde las subjetivas hasta las objetivas, lo que generó una falta de consenso entre los investigadores y esto, a su vez, fue un obstáculo que frenó la teorización en el emprendimiento. Teniendo en cuenta las tendencias pasadas en las ciencias de la administración, parece ser el momento adecuado para reconceptualizar el constructo central de la oportunidad. La principal crítica de las definiciones existentes es su operacionalización. Para brindar una mejor operacionalización, el presente estudio tuvo como objetivo ofrecer una definición conceptual más precisa. Con este fin, el estudio examinó en primer lugar los debates actuales sobre las oportunidades que revelaron el principal problema que suscitan los debates. Luego, mediante una revisión sistemática de la literatura, de entre más de siete mil documentos en la base de datos Scopus que contienen palabras clave de oportunidad, se seleccionaron 74 artículos siguiendo diferentes fases de filtración. Los artículos se analizaron en detalle para extraer diferentes constructos. Luego, utilizando el marco de Hansen et al, se clasificaron en seis dimensiones. Se examinaron los conceptos de cada dimensión para finalmente proporcionar una imagen más amplia del constructo de oportunidad y ofrecer una reconceptualización. Los resultados de este estudio destacan las brechas para futuras investigaciones y preparan el terreno para otras revisiones sistemáticas de la literatura en este campo. JEL: I21, I23, M1

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                Journal
                adter
                AD-minister
                AD-minister
                Escuela de Administración de la Universidad EAFIT (Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia )
                1692-0279
                December 2021
                : 39
                : 47-72
                Affiliations
                [3] Tehran orgnameUniversity of Tehran orgdiv1Faculty of Entrepreneurship Iran a.farjadian@ 123456ut.ac.ir
                [1] Tehran orgnameUniversity of Tehran orgdiv1Faculty of Entrepreneurship Iran jfarsi@ 123456ut.ac.ir
                [2] Tehran orgnameUniversity of Tehran orgdiv1Faculty of Entrepreneurship Iran arabiun@ 123456ut.ac.ir
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                S1692-02792021000200047 S1692-0279(21)00003900047
                10.17230/ad-minister.39.3
                d5bda67e-aff3-4f4a-abc5-fae6ebf12704

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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                : 19 November 2020
                : 27 March 2021
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                Operationalization,Entrepreneurship,Oportunidad,conceptualización,reconceptualización,operacionalización,emprendimiento,Opportunity,Conceptualization,Reconceptualization

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