Describing the entrepreneurial profile: The entrepreneurial aptitude test (TAI)

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-435

  Cubico, Serena ^a   Bortolani, Elisa ^a   Favretto, Giuseppe ^a   Sartori, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

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EID: 78049524905     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2010.036295     Document Type: Article

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