Using repertory grid to identify intangibles in business plans

Venture Capital

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-160

  Díaz De León, Enrique ^a   Guild, Paul D ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business plan; Entrepreneurship; Intangibles; Intuition; Repertory grid; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344629421     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369106032000097030     Document Type: Review

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