'Behold, I am making all things new': The entrepreneur as savior in the age of creativity

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-93

  Sørensen, Bent Meier ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Fairy tales; Myths of creation; Science and religion; Theology

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449106765     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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