Failed, not finished: A narrative approach to understanding venture failure stigmatization

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 150-166

  Singh, Smita ^a   Corner, Patricia Doyle ^a   Pavlovich, Kathryn ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial failure stigma; Epiphanies; Microprocesses; Narrative approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909589891     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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