Where did interpretivism go in the theory of entrepreneurship?

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 536-549

  Packard, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Intentionality; Interpretivism; Meta theory; Process theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019888772     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2017.05.004     Document Type: Article

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