Hear it straight from the horse’s mouth: recognizing policy-induced opportunities

What types of entrepreneurs are more likely to ‘stay tuned’ to government policies and does it pay? Integrating work on opportunity recognition and the institution-based view, this study examines the link between the pursuit of policy-induced opportunities and firm performance. Based on data analysis of 3284 Chinese privately owned firms in 31 regions/provinces in China, we find that entrepreneurs who have past working experience within the...