Entrepreneurial action and the Euro-American social science tradition: Pragmatism, realism and looking beyond 'the entrepreneur'

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 16-33

  Watson, Tony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

effectuation; entrepreneurial action; entrepreneurship; pragmatism; realism; social construction

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENTREPRENEUR; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872333845     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2012.754267     Document Type: Article

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