Nascent entrepreneurs and venture emergence: Opportunity confidence, human capital, and early planning

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1123-1153

  Dimov, Dimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 77955037953     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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