A field study of entrepreneurial decision-making and moral imagination

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 491-504

  McVea, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making processes; Entrepreneurial cognition; Moral imagination

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849133266     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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