The influence of entrepreneurial risk assessment on venture launch or growth decisions

Small Business Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-226

  Norton Jr , William I ^a   Moore, William T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Launch or growth decisions; Risk assessment; Risk taking propensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244466999     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-004-5612-y     Document Type: Article

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