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Emotions, Institutions, and Power

"In the intricate relationship between emotions, institutions, and power, emotions are central to both reinforcing and challenging institutions and animating institutional processes. The literature at the intersection..." – By Maxim Voronov, and Lee Jarvis Jr.

How Do Entrepreneurs Experience and Navigate the Unexpected?

"Unexpected events are common and critical, but scholarly understanding of how entrepreneurs cognitively cope with them is relatively limited. “Entrepreneurial re-action” is a cognitive mechanism..." – By Matthew Wood and others

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In February 2025, 46 new articles and 3 revised articles, spread across 18 subjects, have been published on the Oxford Research Encyclopedias platform.

ORE Food Studies is Now Available via Subscription and Perpetual Access

On October 23, after a successful free period during development, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies has been made available via subscription and perpetual access to libraries and institutions worldwide.

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