The tortoise versus the hare: Progress and business viability differences between conventional and leisure-based founders

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 185-204

  Kim, Phillip H ^a   Longest, Kyle C ^b   Lippmann, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business viability; Growth curve modeling; Leisure based founders; Organizing speed; Start up activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925135357     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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