Constructing markets and shaping boundaries: Entrepreneurial power in nascent fields

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 643-671

  Santos, Filipe ^a   Eisenhardt, Kathleen ^b  

^a INSEAD ^*

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650435831     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2009.43669892     Document Type: Article

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