That seems to be promising! - Predicting opportunity evaluation by means of situational characteristics and individual cognitions

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-56

  Spörrle, Matthias ^a   Breugst, Nicola ^b   Welpe, Isabell ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitions; Entrepreneurship; Life goals; Motive congruence; Motive relevance; Opportunity evaluation; Personal investment; Primary appraisal; Probability of success; Profit; Secondary appraisal; Situational characteristics; Time to profit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856022776     PISSN: 17425360     EISSN: 17425379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEV.2009.023819     Document Type: Article

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