The death of an innovative project: How grief recovery enhances learning

Business Horizons

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 451-458

  Shepherd, Dean A ^a   Kuratko, Donald F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial learning; Grief; Innovation failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049131218     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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