Nascent entrepreneurship in a longitudinal perspective: The impact of person, environment, resources and the founding process on the decision to start business activities;L'entrepreneuriat naissant dans une perspective longitudinale: L'impact de la personne, du milieu, des ressources et du processus de fondation sur la décision d'entreprendre des activités commerciales

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 720-742

  Kessler, Alexander ^a,b   Frank, Hermann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Founding success; Longitudinal perspective; Nascent entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749085077     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242609344363     Document Type: Article

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