Beyond hubris: How highly confident entrepreneurs rebound to venture again

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 569-578

  Hayward, Mathew L A ^a,b   Forster, William R ^c   Sarasvathy, Saras D ^c   Fredrickson, Barbara L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence; Resilience; Serial entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956893959     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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