Market imperfections, opportunity and sustainable entrepreneurship

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-49

  Cohen, Boyd ^a   Winn, Monika I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Market imperfections; Opportunities; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749683143     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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