Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial governance and economic organization

Handbook of Economic Organization: Integrating Economic and Organization Theory

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 419-439

  Foss, Nicolai J ^a,b   Klein, Peter G ^c  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84994308657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781782548225.00034     Document Type: Chapter

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