Fleischman, Gary M.; Kidwell, Roland E.; Achey Kidwell, … - In: Journal of Management History 14 (2008) 3, pp. 248-266
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to trace the entrepreneurial opportunity identification process of William Oscar Carpenter (WOC), a nineteenth century farmer, who went to California in 1850 to make his fortune in gold mining and ended up starting several new business ventures. The paper...