Entrepreneurship and team participation: An experimental study

European Economic Review

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-140

  Cooper, David J ^a,c   Saral, Krista Jabs ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artefactual field experiment; Entrepreneurship; Teams

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 84873265006     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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