It's really out there: a review of the critique of the discovery view of opportunities

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-148

  Korsgaard, Steffen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Discovery; Entrepreneurial processes; Entrepreneurialism; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Opportunity; Opportunity creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874565246     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552551311310347     Document Type: Review

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