Defragmenting Definitions of Entrepreneurial Opportunity*
梳理了19年间56篇创业期刊文章中的49个概念定义和32个操作定义，识别出25个概念元素和12个操作元素，并整合出6个复合概念定义和8个复合过程定义，旨在减少创业机会文献的碎片化。
We examined 19 years worth of definitions of entrepreneurial opportunity and opportunity-related processes. We found 56 articles in six entrepreneurship-focused publications, with a total of 49 conceptual definitions and 32 operational definitions. Among those definitions, we identified 25 distinct conceptual and 12 operational elements of opportunity plus 48 conceptual and 39 operational elements of opportunity-related processes. We found considerable fragmentation across conceptual and operational elements. However, based on commonalities among conceptual definitions, we developed six composite conceptual definitions of opportunity and eight composite conceptual definitions of opportunity-related processes, which we hope will help reduce the fragmentation of the entrepreneurial opportunity literature.