Entrepreneurial Discovery or Creation? In Search of the Middle Ground

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 731-736

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

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

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EID: 85027869363     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2016.0046     Document Type: Article

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