Entrepreneurial judgment as empathic accuracy: A sequential decision-making approach to entrepreneurial action

Journal of Institutional Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 651-681

  McMullen, Jeffery S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84938751564     PISSN: 17441374     EISSN: 17441382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744137413000386     Document Type: Article

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