Search and discovery by repeatedly successful entrepreneurs

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 890-913

  Fiet, James O ^a   Norton Jr , William I ^b   Clouse, Van G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alertness; discovery; phenomenology; systematic search

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890383525     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242612465690     Document Type: Article

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