Exploring entrepreneurial decision-making strategies

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 658-672

  Martz Jr , William Benjamin ^a   Neil, Thomas ^b   Biscaccianti, Alessandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ALLEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BURGUNDY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

Author keywords

Decision making; Entrepreneur; Innovation; Learning; Loss aversion; Satisficing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; LEARNING;

EID: 33748746327     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijil.2006.010518     Document Type: Article

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