Re-storying and visualizing the changing entrepreneurial identities of Bill Gates and Richard Branson

Culture and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-331

  Boje, David ^a   Smith, Robert ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial identity; Entrepreneurship; Narrative; Organizational storytelling; Re storying; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449304171     PISSN: 14759551     EISSN: 14772760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14759551003769250     Document Type: Article

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