Thinking About Entrepreneurial Decision Making: Review and Research Agenda

Journal of Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-46

  Shepherd, Dean A ^a   Williams, Trenton A ^a   Patzelt, Holger ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

decisions under risk uncertainty; entrepreneurship; literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918827877     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206314541153     Document Type: Article

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