ADHD-like behavior and entrepreneurial intentions

Small Business Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-101

  Verheul, Ingrid ^a   Block, Joern ^b,e   Burmeister Lamp, Katrin ^a   Thurik, Roy ^c,f,g   Tiemeier, Henning ^d   Turturea, Roxana ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Panteia BV   (Netherlands)

^g MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

ADHD like behavior; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders (DSM); Entrepreneurial intentions; Psychiatric symptoms; Risk propensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939986416     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-015-9642-4     Document Type: Article

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