The conceptualisation of 'opportunity' in strategic management research

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-71

  Harms, Rainer ^a   Schulz, Anja ^b   Kraus, Sascha ^c   Fink, Matthias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Opportunity; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961189233     PISSN: 17425360     EISSN: 17425379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEV.2009.023820     Document Type: Article

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