Experience and cognition: Do novice, serial and portfolio entrepreneurs differ?

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-98

  Westhead, Paul ^a   Ucbasaran, Deniz ^b   Wright, Mike ^b  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Entrepreneur types; Experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844250593     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242605049104     Document Type: Article

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