Israel Kirzner has spent a career in articulating and refining concept of entrepreneurship; His work is indispensable for anyone seeking an understanding of the role of the entrepreneur in the economy. This paper provides a critical appreciation of this work, and considers how Kirzner’s...

Unpacking the concept of entrepreneurial opportunity to include three categories of essential ingredients, this paper provides a fruitful framework for applying Israel Kirzner's approach to entrepreneurship - bridging the entrepreneur as someone alert to opportunities to create value, to real...

In order to identify and evaluate an entrepreneurial opportunity calculation is required. The entrepreneur must do more than simply perceive an opportunity to do something new to create value in the marketplace. Insofar as alternative possible actions exist, the entrepreneur must choose between...