Entrepreneurial activities and occupational boundary work during venture creation and development in the cultural industries

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-137

  Greenman, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cultural industries; entrepreneurial activities; ethnography; occupational boundary work; pragmatist

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857984642     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242611431093     Document Type: Article

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