Different Strokes for Different Folks: Entrepreneurial Narratives of Emotion, Cognition, and Making Sense of Business Failure

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 375-405

  Byrne, Orla ^a   Shepherd, Dean A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84926202383     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12046     Document Type: Article

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