Towards a practice theory of entrepreneuring

Small Business Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-150

  Johannisson, Bengt ^a,b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enactive research; Entrepreneuring; Organizing context; Phronesis; Practice theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651488221     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9212-8     Document Type: Article

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