Operators and visionaries: Differences in the entrepreneurial and managerial systems of two types of entrepreneurs

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 35-55

  Filion, Louis Jacques ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial types; Entrepreneurs; Managerial systems; Operators; Small business; Types of entrepreneurs; Vision; Visionaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860471885     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2004.005376     Document Type: Article

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