How does an old firm learn new tricks? A material account of entrepreneurial opportunity

Business History

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-72

  Roscoe, Philip ^a   Discua Cruz, Allan ^b   Howorth, Carole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Lancaster University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actor network; entrepreneur; family business; Honduras; Latour; opportunity

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE;

HONDURAS;

EID: 84870410984     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2012.687540     Document Type: Article

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