Proposing Social Resources as the Fundamental Catalyst Toward Opportunity Creation

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 119-135

  Tocher, Neil ^a   Oswald, Sharon L ^b   Hall, Dianne J ^c  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creation; Entrepreneurs; Opportunity; Social capital; Social competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930383550     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.1195     Document Type: Article

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