Entrepreneurship, innovation, and wealth distribution: The essence of creative destruction

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-26

  Spencer, Aron S ^a   Kirchhoff, Bruce A ^a   White, Craig ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative destruction; Entrepreneurship; Evolutionary economics; Innovation; Micro technology; Nano technology; Wealth redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 39349117857     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242607084657     Document Type: Article

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