'Toy Story': The narrative world of entrepreneurship and the creation of interpretive communities

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 649-672

  Fletcher, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial stories; Interpretive communities; Narrative; Reader response theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748109778     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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