Opportunities, Time, and Mechanisms in Entrepreneurship: On the Practical Irrelevance of Propensities

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 730-733

  Berglund, Henrik ^a   Korsgaard, Steffen ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 85027886284     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2016.0168     Document Type: Article

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