What is entrepreneurial failure? Implications for future research

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 176-188

  Jenkins, Anna ^a,b   McKelvie, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bankruptcy; entrepreneurial failure; entrepreneurial opportunities; exit; levels of analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959498293     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242615574011     Document Type: Article

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