TECHNOLOGY-market combinations and the identification of entrepreneurial opportunities: An investigation of the opportunity-individual nexus

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 753-785

  Grégoire, Denis A ^a   Shepherd, Dean A ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879152635     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0126     Document Type: Article

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