The emergence of entrepreneurial action: At the crossroads between institutional logics and individual life-orientation

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 759-776

  Spedale, Simona ^a   Watson, Tony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

creativity; deal making; emergence; entrepreneurial action; entrepreneurship; institutional logics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911997452     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242613480376     Document Type: Article

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