Competencies matter: Modeling effective entrepreneurship in northeast of Italy small firms

Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-66

  Camuffo, Arnaldo ^a   Gerli, Fabrizio ^b   Gubitta, Paolo ^c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competences; Emotional intelligence; Entrepreneurialism; Entrepreneurship; Italy; Self evaluation; Small businesses; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857073780     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527601211195628     Document Type: Article

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