Without judgment: An empirically-based entrepreneurial theory of the firm

Review of Austrian Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 277-296

  Sarasvathy, Saras D ^a   Dew, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Austrian capital theory; Effectuation; Entrepreneurship; Judgment; Microfoundations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881375103     PISSN: 08893047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11138-011-0170-4     Document Type: Article

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