The Smart City as an opportunity for entrepreneurship

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 211-226

  Richter, Chris ^a   Kraus, Sascha ^b   Syrjä, Pasi ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

Definitions; Digital entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Opportunities; Small and medium sized enterprise; Smart city; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940774863     PISSN: 17425360     EISSN: 17425379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEV.2015.071481     Document Type: Article

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