Creativity in the opportunity identification process and the moderating effect of diversity of information

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 559-576

  Gielnik, Michael M ^a   Frese, Michael ^a   Graf, Johanna M ^b   Kampschulte, Anna ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creativity; Divergent thinking; Diverse information; Entrepreneurship; Opportunity identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860997334     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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