Tracking the venture creation phases in terms of entrepreneurial self-efficacy: Links to competitiveness of South African ventures

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-366

  Urban, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Entrepreneurial self efficacy; Entrepreneurial tasks; Skills; South africa; Venture creation phases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870532522     PISSN: 10158812     EISSN: 22223436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v15i4.251     Document Type: Article

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