The Psychological Basis of Opportunity Identification: Entrepreneurial Alertness

Small Business Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-111

  Gaglio, Connie Marie ^a   Katz, Jerome A ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035588737     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011132102464     Document Type: Article

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