...Parvathy Viswanath; A. Sadananda Reddy Purpose This paper explores the motivating factors that lead to opportunity recognition among social entrepreneurs in India. Design/methodology/approach The study followed an exploratory, qualitative design based on thematic analysis of the interview data...

... theorizes the positive effects of mindfulness on the opportunity recognition process, including evaluation of entrepreneurs. Furthermore, we propose that metacognition mediates this relationship, and emotional self-regulation moderates it. This conceptual research also suggests that mindfulness...