Why are some entrepreneurs more innovative than others?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-37

  Koellinger, Philipp ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business opportunities; Decision making; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849135254     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9107-0     Document Type: Article

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