The role of affect in the creation and intentional pursuit of entrepreneurial ideas

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-68

  Hayton, James C ^a   Cholakova, Magdalena ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 84856002995     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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