A model for predicting small firm performance: Increasing the probability of entrepreneurial success in Chile

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-25

  Halabí, Claudia E ^a   Lussier, Robert N ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure; Probit model; Small business; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898421657     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JSBED-10-2013-0141     Document Type: Article

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