Entrepreneurial opportunities, implicit contracts, and market making for complex consumer goods

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 273-287

  Godley, Andrew Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credible commitments; Entrepreneurial opportunities; Implicit contracts; Market making; Opportunity exploitation; Price rigidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889648143     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.1167     Document Type: Article

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