Entrepreneurship in and around institutional voids: A case study from Bangladesh

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 419-435

  Mair, Johanna ^a   Marti, Ignasi ^b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Bricolage; Development; Institutional entrepreneurship; Institutional voids; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849104060     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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