Cognitive mechanisms in entrepreneurship: Why and when enterpreneurs think differently than other people

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 275-294

  Baron, Robert A ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0000177949     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(97)00031-1     Document Type: Article

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