Entrepreneurial alertness and asymmetric information in a spin-glass model

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 637-658

  Minniti, Maria ^a  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alertness; Asymmetric information; Entrepreneurial decisions; Spin glass simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042532692     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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