Academic logic and corporate entrepreneurial intentions: A study of the interaction between cognitive and institutional factors in new firms

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 637-659

  Fini, Riccardo ^a   Toschi, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

academic entrepreneurship; corporate entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial behavior and intention; institutional logics; newly established firms; university

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979734868     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242615575760     Document Type: Article

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