Toward a design science of entrepreneurship

Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-31

  Dimov, Dimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design science; Entrepreneurial action; Logic; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988979015     PISSN: 10747540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1074-754020160000018001     Document Type: Chapter

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