The relationship of investor decisions and entrepreneurs' dispositional and interpersonal factors

Entrepreneurial Executive

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-60

  Jourdan, Louis F ^a  

^a CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862614719     PISSN: 10878955     EISSN: 19394667     Source Type: Journal    
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