The entrepreneur as hero and jester: Enacting the entrepreneurial discourse

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 589-609

  Anderson, Alistair R ^a   Warren, Lorraine ^b  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

creative destruction; discourse; entrepreneur; entrepreneurial identity; media; narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955243964     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242611416417     Document Type: Article

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