Opportunities, environment and entrepreneur interaction: exploring the entrepreneurial process - insights from Germany and Japan -

Publikationstyp
Doctoral Thesis
Date Issued
2026
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Zapf, Alice Katharina 
Advisor
Wrona, Thomas  
Referee
Meyer, Matthias  
Title Granting Institution
Technische Universität Hamburg
Place of Title Granting Institution
Hamburg
Examination Date
2025-12-15
Institute
Strategisches und Internationales Management W-10  
TORE-DOI
10.15480/882.16361
TORE-URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11420/60522
Citation
Technische Universität Hamburg (2026)
This dissertation explores how entrepreneurial opportunities evolve into businesses through entrepreneur and environment interaction. It challenges the traditional view of opportunities, proposing that both discovery and creation are essential. With a multiple case-study design providing insights from German and Japanese start-ups, the research identifies four archetypical entrepreneurial processes based on the intensity and intention of interaction. The study contributes to entrepreneurship research by viewing the entrepreneurial process as an ongoing, iterative, and reciprocal relationship, with practical implications for policymakers and practitioners, especially in the context of demographic change.
DDC Class
658: General Managament
Lizenz
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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