A Model of Opportunity Recognition and Exploitation: An Empirical Study of Incubator Firms

Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-107

  Schwartz, R G ^a   Teach, R D ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Exploitation; Opportunity recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992956511     PISSN: 14715201     EISSN: 1471521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14715200080001541     Document Type: Article

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