Modern theories of entrepreneurial behavior: A comparison and appraisal

Small Business Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-202

  Endres, Anthony M ^a   Woods, Christine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alertness; Entrepreneurial behavior; Heuristics; Optimization; Theory appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844453595     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-004-5608-7     Document Type: Article

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