Performativity as ongoing journeys: Implications for strategy, entrepreneurship, and innovation

Long Range Planning

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 500-509

  Garud, Raghu ^a   Gehman, Joel ^b   Tharchen, Thinley ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business models; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Opportunities; Performativity; Process

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; PROCESSING;

BUSINESS MODELS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS; OPPORTUNITIES; PERFORMATIVITY;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; SOCIAL THEORY; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 85014222485     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: 18731872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2017.02.003     Document Type: Article

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