The attitude toward the risk of entrepreneurial activity: Evidence from Chile;La actitud hacia el riesgo de emprender: Evidencia para Chile

Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administracion

Volumn , Issue 46, 2011, Pages 72-80

  Sepúlveda, Jean P ^a   Bonilla, Claudio A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Fear of failing; GEM; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957622121     PISSN: 10128255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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