Sustaining entrepreneurial business: A complexity perspective on processes that produce emergent practice

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Fuller, Ted ^a   Warren, Lorraine ^b   Argyle, Paul ^c  

^a University of Teesside   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Flighthouse   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Emergence; Entrepreneurship; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349134776     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-007-0047-y     Document Type: Article

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