Entrepreneurs and evolutionary biology: The relationship between testosterone and new venture creation

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-34

  White, Roderick E ^a   Thornhill, Stewart ^a   Hampson, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biology; Entrepreneurship; Evolution; Risk taking; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645920645     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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