On the entrepreneurial genesis of new markets: Effectual transformations versus causal search and selection

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-253

  Dew, Nicholas ^a   Read, Stuart ^b   Sarasvathy, Saras D ^c   Wiltbank, Robert ^d  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b IMD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Industrial dynamics; New market creation; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954630039     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-010-0185-1     Document Type: Article

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