Place-based network organizations and embedded entrepreneurial learning: Emerging paths to sustainability

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 504-523

  Cantino, Valter ^a   Devalle, Alain ^a   Cortese, Damiano ^a   Ricciardi, Francesca ^b   Longo, Mariangela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Commons; Entrepreneurial behaviour; Environmental sustainability; Knowledge co production; Network organization; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017415944     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEBR-12-2015-0303     Document Type: Article

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