"To Get Things Done": A Relational Approach to Entrepreneurship

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-196

  Jóhannesson, Gunnar Thór ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

actor network theory; entrepreneurship; Iceland; relationalism

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ICELAND;

EID: 84863481033     PISSN: 15022250     EISSN: 15022269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15022250.2012.695463     Document Type: Article

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