Entrepreneurs: Relationships Between Cognitive Style and Entrepreneurial Drive

Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 2-20

  Doyle, Wendy ^a   Fisher, Randall ^a   Young, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 58049197696     PISSN: 08276331     EISSN: 21692610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2002.10593300     Document Type: Article

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