A realist perspective of entrepreneurship: Opportunities as propensities

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 410-434

  Ramoglou, Stratos ^a   Tsang, Eric W K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 84976311649     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2014.0281     Document Type: Review

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