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Opportunities: Happy Discovery or Act of Will?
Do opportunities exist out in the world waiting to be discovered, or do entrepreneurs conjure them into being through sheer force of will? The August issue of Academy of Management Perspectives opens with Eminem lyrics and then spends five articles wrestling with this unexpectedly practical question. The answer matters more than it sounds. How your organization talks about opportunity shapes who gets rewarded, which ideas get traction, and whether your firm keeps creating the

Dr. David Macauley
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