Building an enterprise for the future through network bricolage and memories of the past

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Collective entrepreneurship, Courier company, Historical organization study, Network bricolage, Social embeddedness, Spain

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Building an enterprise for the future through network bricolage and memories of the past. / Gil-López, Águeda; Román, Elena San ; Jack, Sarah L. et al.
Collective Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary European Services Industries: A Long Term Approach. Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2023. p. 95-116.

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Gil-López, Á, Román, ES , Jack, SL & Zózimo, R 2023, Building an enterprise for the future through network bricolage and memories of the past. in Collective Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary European Services Industries: A Long Term Approach. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., Bingley, pp. 95-116. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-950-820231007

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Gil-López, Á., Román, E. S., Jack, S. L., & Zózimo, R. (2023). Building an enterprise for the future through network bricolage and memories of the past. In Collective Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary European Services Industries: A Long Term Approach (pp. 95-116). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-950-820231007

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Gil-López Á, Román ES , Jack SL , Zózimo R. Building an enterprise for the future through network bricolage and memories of the past. In Collective Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary European Services Industries: A Long Term Approach. Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 2023. p. 95-116 doi: 10.1108/978-1-80117-950-820231007

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Gil-López, Águeda ; Román, Elena San ; Jack, Sarah L. et al. / Building an enterprise for the future through network bricolage and memories of the past. Collective Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary European Services Industries: A Long Term Approach. Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2023. pp. 95-116

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