Generally speaking (Reynolds et al.2001 , 2002, opportunity entrepreneurs start an entrepreneurial activity because they perceive a chance, an option and they try to exploit it - this is what De Freitas (1991) calls mobility motives.
The group of pull factors includes the factors that allow identification of opportunity entrepreneurs who start up an entrepreneurial activity because they perceive a chance and then try to exploit it.
When people who have lost money perceive a chance to recoup or catch up, they tend to get ahead of themselves they get greedy and we get the volatile markets we've been experiencing.
DealBook » Paulson Said to Predict 50% Chance of Euro Breakup | John A. Paulson told clients during a phone call on Monday that he perceived a 50 percent chance Europe's currency union would break apart, Reuters reports, citing an unidentified investor.
About 37% perceived that they had no risk of acquiring HIV, whereas 52% perceived a 25% chance.
And officials who favor a federalist Europe perceived a unique chance to advance their cause through a new form of interference in a member state's affairs.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the breakup of the Warsaw Pact, Chechen separatists perceived a fresh chance to claim their own state.
Participants with more partners may have perceived a higher chance of encountering HIV infected individuals, as a recent Hong Kong study showed [ 41].
Perceived vulnerability decreased slightly between March 2006, when 2% perceived a (very) large chance of getting infected the coming year, and September and December 2006, with 0.4% and 0.4% respectively (ANOVA September and December 2006 vs. March 2006 p = 0.005 and p = 0.040 respectively).
That moment was widely perceived as a chance for a new beginning, an etch-a-sketch opportunity, where Trump could reverse course away from his rogue and brash school yard-style primary and pivot towards a professionalized general election campaign.
As managers and administrative staff are likely behind the planning and execution of a merger, they might perceive a higher chance of success and ensuing resource savings.
