Are some entrepreneurs more overconfident than others?

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 623-640

  Forbes, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Founder; Managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144408395     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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