Intention as a cognitive antecedent to international entrepreneurship-understanding the moderating roles of knowledge and experience

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-142

  Sommer, Lutz ^a   Haug, Manuel ^a  

^a ALBSTADT SIGMARINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Intention; International entrepreneurship; TPB

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951701963     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-010-0162-z     Document Type: Article

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