Entrepreneurship as translation: Understanding entrepreneurial opportunities through actor-network theory

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 661-680

  Korsgaard, Steffen ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Entrepreneurial processes; Opportunities

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79961219249     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2010.546432     Document Type: Article

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