Institutional forces: The invisible hand that shapes venture ideas?

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-131

  Davidsson, Per ^a,b   Hunter, Erik ^b   Klofsten, Magnus ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business opportunity; Customers; External owners; Idea; Incubator location; Institutional forces

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645470350     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242606061834     Document Type: Article

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