Structural antecedents of institutional entrepreneurship in industrial networks: A critical realist explanation

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 405-420

  Matthyssens, Paul ^a,b   Vandenbempt, Koen ^a,b   Van Bockhaven, Wouter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Case study research; Change in business networks; Critical realism; IMP; Institutional entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877814965     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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