Creative personality, opportunity recognition and the tendency to start businesses: A study of their genetic predispositions

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 407-419

  Shane, Scott ^a   Nicolaou, Nicos ^b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creative personality; Entrepreneurship; L26; Opportunity recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925299981     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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