Related debates in ethics and entrepreneurship: Values, opportunities, and contingency

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-365

  Harmeling, Susan S ^a   Sarasvathy, Saras D ^b   Freeman, R Edward ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency; Entrepreneurship; Opportunities; Pragmatism; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949105151     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9713-4     Document Type: Article

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