Toward a complexity science of entrepreneurship

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-341

  McKelvey, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Entrepreneurship; Order creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142278774     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(03)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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