The nascent entrepreneurship hub: Goals, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and start-up outcomes

Small Business Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 685-701

  Hechavarria, Diana M ^a   Renko, Maija ^b   Matthews, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Business planning; Entrepreneurial self efficacy; Goal setting; Nascent entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866000692     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9355-2     Document Type: Article

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