Opportunity recognition: Evolving theoretical perspectives

Historical Foundations of Entrepreneurship Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 121-141

  Baron, Robert A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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