Home is where the business is: Incidents in everyday life and the formation of home-based businesses

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 428-448

  Vorley, Tim ^a   Rodgers, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

De Certeau; entrepreneur; everyday life; home based business; incidents; micro business; owner entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899449445     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242612452173     Document Type: Article

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