Entrepreneurship as a science of the artificial

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-220

  Sarasvathy, Saras D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectuation; Entrepreneurship; Rational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037333748     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(02)00203-9     Document Type: Article

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