A judgment-analysis perspective on entrepreneurs' resource evaluations

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1102-1108

  Kemmerer, Benedict ^a   Walter, Jorge ^b   Kellermanns, Franz W ^c,d   Narayanan, V K ^e  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral decision making; Cognitions; Judgment analysis; Resource evaluation frameworks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861675751     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.08.023     Document Type: Article

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