Linking international entrepreneurship to uncertainty, opportunity discovery, and cognition

Journal of International Entrepreneurship

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-134

  Butler, John E ^a   Doktor, Robert ^a   Lins, Frederick A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b August Enterprises Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Creativity; Discovery; International entrepreneurship; Opportunity noticing; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952428080     PISSN: 15707385     EISSN: 15737349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10843-010-0054-x     Document Type: Article

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