Making it personal: Opportunity individuation and the shaping of opportunity beliefs

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 252-272

  Wood, Matthew S ^a   McKelvie, Alexander ^b   Haynie, J Michael ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief formation; Cognitions; Mental model; Opportunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892886713     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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