The study of emerging industries: Recognizing and responding to some central problems

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 589-602

  Forbes, Daniel P ^a   Kirsch, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Business history; Industry evolution; Institutional entrepreneurship; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957657273     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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