The Jack-of-All-Trades entrepreneur: Innate talent or acquired skill?

Economics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-123

  Silva, Olmo ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Occupational choice; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548512232     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2007.02.027     Document Type: Article

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