Opportunities and institutions: A co-creation story of the king crab industry

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 95-112

  Alvarez, Sharon A ^a   Young, Susan L ^b   Woolley, Jennifer L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co creation; Institutional work; Opportunity formation; Process; Qualitative data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909592434     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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