Sector-based entrepreneurial capabilities and the promise of sector studies in entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 3-23

  De Massis, Alfredo ^a,b   Kotlar, Josip ^b   Wright, Mike ^c,d   Kellermanns, Franz W ^e  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial capabilities; Entrepreneurship; Industry; Opportunity; Sector; Sector studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040777513     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1042258717740548     Document Type: Editorial

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