Four nurse entrepreneurs: What motivated them to start their own businesses

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 67-75

  Roggenkamp, Susan D ^a   White, Kenneth R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Nurse entrepreneurs; Strategic adaptation; Women owned businesses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; MOTIVATION; NURSE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 0031826747     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-199807000-00008     Document Type: Article

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