The knowledge-based approach to entrepreneurship: linking the entrepreneurial process to the dynamic evolution of knowledge

International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 38-58

  Ihrig, Martin ^a   zu Knyphausen Aufseß, Dodo ^a   O’Gorman, Colm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UCD Business School Belfield   (Ireland)

Author keywords

entrepreneurial process; entrepreneurship; information space; knowledge management; life cycle; new venture creation; opportunity recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249114891     PISSN: 17438268     EISSN: 17438276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2006.008844     Document Type: Article

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