Restless capitalism and the economizing entrepreneur

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 684-701

  Holmén, Magnus ^a   McKelvey, Maureen ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

capitalism; entrepreneurs; knowledge; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888006310     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2013.795780     Document Type: Article

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