The risk concept for entrepreneurs reconsidered: New challenges to the conventional wisdom

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 385-400

  Janney, Jay J ^a   Dess, Gregory G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge intensity; Perceptions; Risk; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645324012     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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