Exercising entrepreneurial opportunities: The role of information-gathering and information-processing capabilities of the firm Export

@article{citeulike:4233611, abstract = {In this article, we study two capabilities that influence firms' effectiveness in exercising entrepreneurial opportunities: information-gathering and information-processing capability. We argue that their effects are not always positive or symmetrical. When the firm's information-processing capability is low, high levels of its information-gathering capability may result in lower effectiveness because of managerial cognitive overload. The effects of high information-processing capability are more nuanced and depend on whether the firm's information processing has experiential or cognitive character. Our analysis offers a counterintuitive insight: the firm may fail to exercise entrepreneurial opportunities effectively not only when it has low levels of information capabilities, but also when its levels are high but unbalanced. Copyright {\copyright} 2009 Strategic Management Society.}, address = {A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.; Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.}, author = {Sleptsov, Alexander and Anand, Jaideep}, citeulike-article-id = {4233611}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sej.60}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122268085/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/sej.60}, journal = {Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal}, keywords = {information\_management, strategy}, number = {4}, pages = {357--375}, posted-at = {2009-11-10 10:26:32}, priority = {2}, title = {Exercising entrepreneurial opportunities: The role of information-gathering and information-processing capabilities of the firm}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sej.60}, volume = {2}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4233611 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4233611 N2 - In this article, we study two capabilities that influence firms' effectiveness in exercising entrepreneurial opportunities: information-gathering and information-processing capability. We argue that their effects are not always positive or symmetrical. When the firm's information-processing capability is low, high levels of its information-gathering capability may result in lower effectiveness because of managerial cognitive overload. The effects of high information-processing capability are more nuanced and depend on whether the firm's information processing has experiential or cognitive character. Our analysis offers a counterintuitive insight: the firm may fail to exercise entrepreneurial opportunities effectively not only when it has low levels of information capabilities, but also when its levels are high but unbalanced. Copyright © 2009 Strategic Management Society. IS - 4 JF - Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal AD - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.; Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. EP - 375 TI - Exercising entrepreneurial opportunities: The role of information-gathering and information-processing capabilities of the firm VL - 2 SP - 357 KW - information_management KW - strategy AU - Sleptsov, Alexander AU - Anand, Jaideep PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sej.60 ER -