When Researchers Attempt to Define Entrepreneurship, There Is a Risk

When researchers attempt to define entrepreneurship, there is a risk of relying upon what American sociologist Mark Granovetter calls over-socialized or under-socialized explanations. An over-socialized explanation implies a tendency to:

A) insist that structures create the individual
B) believe that the entrepreneur identifies and acts on opportunities, more or less unaffected by surroundings
C) imply that the individual creates the structures
D) view the individual and human agency as playing a crucial role in the course of events
E) view the entrepreneur as a marionette in the structures
F) view institutions and structures as the factors which spark and create the course of events