Using the concept of resilience to explain entrepreneurial success in China

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 182-202

  Sun, Jing ^a   Buys, Nicholas ^b   Wang, Xinchao ^c   McAuley, Andrew ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Peking University   (China)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enterprise development; Entrepreneur; Resilience; Resource

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863161504     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2011.044637     Document Type: Article

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