Non-local intuition and the performance of serial entrepreneurs

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-35

  La Pira, Frank ^a,b   Gillin, L Murray ^a,b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CHURCHILL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intuition; Motivation; Serial entrepreneurs; Spiritual intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644498860     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijesb.2006.008660     Document Type: Article

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