Entrepreneurship and risk taking

Applied Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-487

  MacKo, Anna ^a   Tyszka, Tadeusz ^a  

^a KOZMINSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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EID: 67249117620     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2009.00402.x     Document Type: Review

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