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Opportunity Seized, Opportunity Missed, engraving by Theodoor Galle, 1605
Opportunism is the practice of taking advantage of circumstances – with little regard for principles or with what the consequences are for others. Opportunist actions are expedient actions guided primarily by self-interested motives. The term can be applied to individual humans and living organisms, groups, organizations, styles, behaviors, and trends.
Opportunism or "opportunistic behaviour" is an important concept in such fields of study as biology, transaction cost economics, game theory, ethics, psychology, sociology and politics.
Opportunism is the practice of taking advantage of circumstances – with little regard for principles or with what the consequences are for others. Opportunist...
Political opportunism refers to the attempt to maintain political support, or to increase political influence[citation needed] - possibly in a way which...
Spiritual opportunism refers to the exploitation of spiritual ideas (or of the spirituality of others, or of spiritual authority): for personal gain,...
Legal opportunism is a term coined in a 2015 article in the Journal of Business Research to describe litigation following an IPO to recover potential...
Identity politics is politics based on a particular identity, such as race, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, social background, caste...
Intellectual opportunism is the pursuit of intellectual opportunities with a selfish, ulterior motive not consistent with relevant principles. The term...
Economic opportunism is a term related to the subversion of morality to profit. There exists no agreed general, scientific definition or theory of economic...
State opportunism (simplified Chinese: 国家机会主义; traditional Chinese: 國家機會主義), also known as national pragmatism, is a viewpoint put forward by Yang Xiaokai...
said that much of the ideology was merely a by-product of unprincipled opportunism by Mussolini and that he changed his political stances merely to bolster...
MJ, Ruta M, Lloyd GT (September 2008). "Superiority, competition, and opportunism in the evolutionary radiation of dinosaurs" (PDF). Science. 321 (5895):...
Oxford University Press. pp. 418–463. Buckeridge, John S. (2012). "Opportunism and the resilience of barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) to environmental...
from the Hunan Provincial Committee, as punishment for his "military opportunism", for his focus on rural activity, and for being too lenient with "bad...
of what is intended: opportunism. Hammond, Kristian; Converse, Timothy; Marks, Mitchell; Seifert, Colleen M. (1993). "Opportunism and Learning" (PDF)....
ISBN 978-1-55164-749-4. Findlay, Tammy (March 1, 2022). "Intersectionalities of Opportunism: Justin Trudeau and the Politics of "Diversity"". International Journal...
members, their motivations and the environments in which they work. Opportunism is also a key factor – the organized criminal or criminal group is likely...
Bijjala II (1130–1167 CE) Kannada: ಇಮ್ಮಡಿ ಬಿಜ್ಜಳ was the Mahamandaleshwara of the Kalyani Chalukyas. He was the most famous of the southern Kalachuri kings...
a result not of a sudden opinion shift but of Churchill's skillful opportunism in turning at the last minute a general debate on funding for the colonies...
his own initiative and, if they were, whether they were the result of opportunism or of a principled undertaking by Henry. The traditional interpretation...
later recall that Gates was "scheming to rip me off. It was mercenary opportunism plain and simple". Gates says he remembers the episode differently. Allen...
Ruta, M.; Lloyd, G. T. (2008-09-12). "Superiority, Competition, and Opportunism in the Evolutionary Radiation of Dinosaurs" (PDF). Science. 321 (5895):...
to El Fadl, such efforts were being increasingly tainted by political opportunism and an unwillingness for critical engagement with the Islamic traditions...
which was led by Velimir Stoinić accused the party of "sectarianism and opportunism" and blamed Hoxha for these errors. He also stressed the view that the...
coordination, a dispersion of effort, a strategic muddle and a lack of opportunism in the Allied campaign in Italy, describing the whole affair as a "dog's...
Peter T. De Simone, The Old Believers in Imperial Russia: Oppression, Opportunism and Religious Identity in Tsarist Moscow (2018), pp. 13, 54, 109, 206...
Retrieved 8 September 2020. Foss, Nicolai J.; Weber, Libby (2016). "Moving Opportunism to the Back Seat: Bounded Rationality, Costly Conflict, and Hierarchical...
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