Advancing strategic entrepreneurship research: The role of complexity science in shifting the paradigm

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 241-276

  Schindehutte, Minet ^a   Morris, Michael H ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58149289528     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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