Opportunity Creation Among Technology Researchers : The Case Of UTeM

Che Aziz, Che Nurul Azni (2014) Opportunity Creation Among Technology Researchers : The Case Of UTeM. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

This research paper was conducted to investigate the process of opportunity creation among technology researcher in case of University Technical Malaysia Malacca (UTeM). This paper aims to put forward a framework of opportunity creation which demonstrates that all entrepreneurial opportunities possess both objective and research questions thus helping reconcile all the themes include venture ideas, opportunity recognition, opportunity exploitation and opportunity in action. A conceptual framework is developed, based on previous literature and insights from entrepreneurship, technology creation, sources of opportunity and related disciplines. Following the development of a theoretical framework for the study, an investigation was conducted through semi-structured interviews with the six respondents major in technology research. Various result presented in previous research can be combined into a coherent framework that summarizes the components of opportunity creation. Limitation that identified from this study are involve in one cluster of study only, could not reach the target of respondent to interview and the transcribe data take a long period because of the problem of recording. For further research reviewed a better understanding of conditions of uncertainty shape in opportunity creation to reinforce the findings obtained. Need to study on wider scope which is respondents from other institution and a larger sample to further strengthen the reliability of the research.

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