Abstract In this paper, we draw on a performativity perspective to conceptualize entrepreneurial opportunities as possibilities constituted through discursive-material practices within a field. Based on an analysis of a longitudinal qualitative case study in the field of South African energy from 2007 to 2018 we develop a process model of how possibilities become constituted over time as entrepreneurial actors enact different sets of discursive-material practices. Our process model contributes to entrepreneurship research by examining the transition process from a heavily regulated and tightly controlled field, to an unsettled and entrepreneurial field. The transition is reflected in the frames that organize field actors' discursive-material practices, starting with a single, closed frame that limits existing possibilities, moving to an emergent frame that introduces complementary possibilities, and then to an open frame that generates both complementary and competing possibilities. We discuss how our process model contributes to research adopting a performativity perspective and conclude with implications for further research.

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从垄断到创业领域：南非能源的可能性构成

摘要在本文中，我们利用述行性视角将创业机会概念化为通过领域内的话语材料实践构成的可能性。基于对 2007 年至 2018 年南非能源领域纵向定性案例研究的分析，我们开发了一个过程模型，说明随着创业者制定不同的话语材料实践，可能性如何随着时间的推移而构成。我们的过程模型通过检查从严格监管和严格控制的领域到不稳定和创业领域的过渡过程，为创业研究做出贡献。这种转变反映在组织现场演员话语材料实践的框架中，从一个限制现有可能性的单一封闭框架开始，转向一个引入互补可能性的涌现框架，然后转向一个产生互补和竞争可能性的开放框架。我们讨论了我们的过程模型如何有助于采用述行性观点的研究，并总结出对进一步研究的影响。