Opportunity portfolio: Moving beyond single opportunity explanations in international entrepreneurship research

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 199-228

  Chandra, Yanto ^a   Styles, Chris ^b   Wilkinson, Ian F ^c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Idea sets; International entrepreneurship; Opportunity; Portfolio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925491400     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-014-9400-1     Document Type: Article

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