We examined 19 years worth of defintions of entrepreneurial opportunity and opportunity-related processes. We found 56 articles in six entrepreneurship-focuse publications, with a total of 49 conceptual definitions and 32 operational definitions. Among those definitions, we identified 25...

Young/small firms are often seen as acquisition targets, but rarely viewed as potential acquirers. However, in this study we found that one-third of the young ventures in our sample pursued aggressive growth though acquisition of their competitors. Furthermore, contrary to conventional wisdom,...