Metaphors, Stories, and the Entrepreneur in Economics

History of Political Economy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-76

  Coşgel, Metin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0040216759     PISSN: 00182702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182702-28-1-57     Document Type: Article

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