The ethical context of entrepreneurship: Proposing and testing a developmental framework

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 331-361

  Morris, Michael H ^a   Schindehutte, Minet ^b   Walton, John ^b   Allen, Jeffrey ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Ethical context; Formal and informal structures; Small business; Stages of development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141448779     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020822329030     Document Type: Article

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