Political signification of the entrepreneur: Temporal analysis of constructs, agency and reification

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 603-628

  Perren, Lew ^a   Dannreuther, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency; discourse; entrepreneur; political; signification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883385268     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242612441809     Document Type: Article

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