Entrepreneurial inception: The role of imprinting in entrepreneurial action

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-28

  Mathias, Blake D ^a   Williams, David W ^b   Smith, Adam R ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY KOKOMO   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Entrepreneurial decision making; Entrepreneurship; Imprinting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909589892     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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