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Opportunity recognition and the tendency to be an entrepreneur : a bivariate genetics perspective
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Nicolaou, Nicos, Shane, Scott, Cherkas, Lynn and Spector, T. D. (2009) Opportunity recognition and the tendency to be an entrepreneur : a bivariate genetics perspective. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Volume 110 (Number 2). pp. 108-117. doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.08.005 ISSN 0749-5978.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.08.005
Abstract
We applied quantitative genetics techniques to a sample of 851 pairs of monozygotic and 855 pairs of dizygotic female twins to examine the influence of genetic factors on the variation across people in opportunity recognition. We also examined the extent to which the same genetic factors contribute to both opportunity recognition and the tendency to be an entrepreneur. We found substantial heritability for opportunity recognition (0.45), with no influence of the shared environment. Moreover, we found that 53% of the phenotypic correlation between opportunity recognition and the tendency to be an entrepreneur had a common genetic aetiology.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | ||||
Publisher: | Academic Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0749-5978 | ||||
Official Date: | November 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 110 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 108-117 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.08.005 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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