SSHR-Thematic Grant Type A

Can Opportunity Identification Be Trained? A Field Experiment

Host Institution

NTU

8 May 2017

Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Boh Wai Fong

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Grant details

Name of Recipient	Associate Professor Boh Wai Fong Department of Information Technology and Operations Management, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University
Project Title	Can Opportunity Identification Be Trained? A Field Experiment
Project Status	Completed
Year Awarded	2017
Type of Grant	Social Science Research Thematic Grant
Funding Type	A
Theme	Human Development & Skills \| Growth, Productivity & Innovation

Strengthening enterprise capabilities to innovate and scale up, and developing strong digital capabilities are two of the seven economic strategies recommended by Singapore’s Committee on the Future Economy for Singapore moving forward.

A key factor driving individuals’ and organisations’ ability to innovate is their ability to identify new opportunities. This project aims to examine whether the ability to identify opportunities can be trained and what aspects of training are critical in building individuals’ ability to identify opportunities. This project will inform Singapore on the design of training programmes to hone entrepreneurial and innovative instincts of people.