Perception of entrepreneurial opportunity: A general framework

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1233-1251

  Renko, Maija ^a   Shrader, Rodney C ^a   Simon, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Austrian economics; Economics; Entrepreneurialism; Entrepreneurship; Opportunity recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864124790     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211246987     Document Type: Article

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