From barriers to barring: Why emotion matters for entrepreneurial development

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 496-519

  Doern, Rachel ^a   Goss, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

barriers; emotion; entrepreneurial action; power rituals; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879988722     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242611425555     Document Type: Article

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