Understanding how entrepreneurs’ positive affect influences firm innovation through the cognitive processes (e.g., entrepreneurial alertness to business opportunities) is important because emotions often impact evaluations and judgments of opportunities and (subsequent) firm engagement in innovative activities. Using data involving Iranian entrepreneurs, we find that (1) Tang, Kacmar, and Busenitz’s ( 2012 ) three alertness components unfold sequentially (i.e., information scanning and search leads to information association and connection which in turn leads to opportunity evaluation and judgment); (2) positive affect has a positive impact on all three alertness dimensions; and (3) evaluation and judgment impacts firm incremental innovation positively. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

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提高对新机遇的警觉性：积极影响和对创新的影响

了解企业家的积极影响如何通过认知过程（例如，企业家对商业机会的警觉性）影响公司创新很重要，因为情绪通常会影响对机会的评估和判断以及（随后的）公司参与创新活动。使用涉及伊朗企业家的数据，我们发现（1）Tang、Kacmar 和 Busenitz（2012）的三个警觉性分量依次展开（即信息扫描和搜索导致信息关联和连接，进而导致机会评估和判断）；(2) 积极情感对所有三个警觉维度都有积极影响；(3) 评价和判断对企业渐进式创新产生积极影响。讨论了影响和未来的研究方向。