Entrepreneurial Behavior of Academic Scientists: Network and Cognitive Determinants of Commitment to Grant Submissions and Award Outcomes

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 807-831

  Haller, Megan K ^a   Welch, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84903901706     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12022     Document Type: Article

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