Collective intentionality in entrepreneurship-as-practice

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Collective intentionality in entrepreneurship-as-practice. / Farny, Steffen; Kibler, Ewald.
Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice. ed. / Neil A. Thompson; Orla Byrne; Anna Jenkins; Bruce T. Teague. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022. p. 127-140 (Handbooks of Business and Management Research as Practice).

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Harvard

Farny, S & Kibler, E 2022, Collective intentionality in entrepreneurship-as-practice. in NA Thompson, O Byrne, A Jenkins & BT Teague (eds), Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice. Handbooks of Business and Management Research as Practice, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 127-140. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976831.00015

APA

Farny, S., & Kibler, E. (2022). Collective intentionality in entrepreneurship-as-practice. In N. A. Thompson, O. Byrne, A. Jenkins, & B. T. Teague (Eds.), Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice (pp. 127-140). (Handbooks of Business and Management Research as Practice). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976831.00015

Vancouver

Farny S, Kibler E. Collective intentionality in entrepreneurship-as-practice. In Thompson NA, Byrne O, Jenkins A, Teague BT, editors, Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2022. p. 127-140. (Handbooks of Business and Management Research as Practice). doi: 10.4337/9781788976831.00015

Bibtex

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