Creating something from nothing: Resource construction through entrepreneurial bricolage

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-366

  Baker, Ted ^a   Nelson, Reed E ^b,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 32844463631     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.2005.50.3.329     Document Type: Article

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