Cultural entrepreneurship: from making culture to cultural making

Innovation: Organization and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 61-73

  Gehman, Joel ^a   Soublière, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

culture; entrepreneurship; innovation; meaning; narratives; process

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008223149     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: 22040226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2016.1268521     Document Type: Article

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