Kirznerian entrepreneurship and the nature of the firm

Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Langlois, Richard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Opportunity costs; Theory of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053896082     PISSN: 11456396     EISSN: 21531552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1145-6396.1050     Document Type: Article

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