Serendipity in entrepreneurship

Organization Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 735-753

  Dew, Nicholas ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Opportunity; Serendipity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249155055     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609104815     Document Type: Article

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