Differences in psychological strategies of failed and operational business owners in the Fiji Islands

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 388-400

  Van Gelder, Jean Louis ^a,e   De Vries, Reinout E ^b   Frese, Michael ^c   Goutbeek, Jan Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Centre of Man in Aviation of the Royal Dutch Airforce   (Netherlands)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34249720084     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2007.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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