Why some nascent entrepreneurs do not seek professional assistance

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-161

  Brixy, U ^a,b   Sternberg, R ^c   Stuber H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

cognitive biases; German panel of nascent entrepreneurs; nascent entrepreneurs; start up assistance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BUSINESS; COGNITION; ENTREPRENEUR;

GERMANY;

EID: 84861922562     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.684783     Document Type: Article

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