The nature of entrepreneurial Opportunities: Understanding the process using the 4I organizational learning framework

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 425-449

  Dutta, Dev K ^a   Crossan, Mary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 27844535330     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2005.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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