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Environmental Opportunity Recognition Tools

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Opportunity Recognition

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After company-related tools have been presented in Chap. 2 and market-related tools of opportunity recognition in Chaps. 3 and 4 is dedicated to the tools that generate opportunities from the environment beyond one’s own market.

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  1. Lehrstuhl für BWL, insb. Management, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Andreas Engelen

  2. Neuss, Germany

    Clara von Gagern

  3. TH Köln, Köln, Germany

    Monika Engelen

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Engelen, A., von Gagern, C., Engelen, M. (2023). Environmental Opportunity Recognition Tools. In: Opportunity Recognition. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-39811-8_4

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