An entrepreneurial decision process model describing opportunity recognition

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-78

  Pech, Richard J ^a   Cameron, Alan ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cognition; Decision making; Entrepreneurialism; Entrepreneurs; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344441059     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060610640023     Document Type: Article

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