Entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector: A literature review and future research opportunities

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 129-166

  Fitz Koch, Sarah ^a   Nordqvist, Mattias ^a,b   Carter, Sara ^c   Hunter, Erik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Context; Entrepreneurship; Sector studies; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053557208     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1042258717732958     Document Type: Article

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