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Connecting passion: Distinctive features from emerging entrepreneurial profiles

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  • Ranfagni, Silvia
  • Runfola, Andrea

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The article explores passion as a connecting force between entrepreneurship and consumption. Although a rising interest within the academic debate, the issue of how passion can be interpreted as a bridge between consumption and entrepreneurship still needs to be investigated.

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  • Ranfagni, Silvia & Runfola, Andrea, 2018. "Connecting passion: Distinctive features from emerging entrepreneurial profiles," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 403-411.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:92:y:2018:i:c:p:403-411
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.04.018
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