Political entrepreneurship in action research: learning from two cases

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 399-415

  Björkman, Hans ^a   Sundgren, Mats ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action research; Entrepreneurs; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944538433     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810510614913     Document Type: Article

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