Balancing "what matters to me" with "what matters to them": Exploring the legitimation process of environmental entrepreneurs

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 133-152

  O'Neil, Isobel ^a   Ucbasaran, Deniz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consequences of legitimation; Environmental entrepreneurship; Legitimation process; New venture legitimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958755795     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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