"Bouncing Back" From a Loss: Entrepreneurial Orientation, Emotions, and Failure Narratives

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 675-700

  Wolfe, Marcus T ^a   Shepherd, Dean A ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84927913749     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12057     Document Type: Article

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