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`Toy Story': The narrative world of entrepreneurship and the creation of interpretive communities

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  • Fletcher, Denise, 2007. "`Toy Story': The narrative world of entrepreneurship and the creation of interpretive communities," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 22(5), pages 649-672, September.
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