Sustainable entrepreneurship and corporate political activity: Overcoming market barriers in the clean energy sector

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 633-654

  Pinkse, Jonatan ^a   Groot, Koen ^b  

^a GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84927911861     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12055     Document Type: Article

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