Outlines of a behavioral theory of the entrepreneurial firm

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-59

  Dew, Nicholas ^a   Read, Stuart ^b   Sarasvathy, Saras D ^c   Wiltbank, Robert ^d  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b IMD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Effectuation; Entrepreneurship; Exaptation; Non predictive control

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849094153     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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