Prior knowledge, cognitive characteristics and opportunity recognition

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 63-83

  Hajizadeh, Ali ^a   Zali, Mohammadreza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial alertness; Entrepreneurial learning; Opportunity recognition; Prior knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975705395     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEBR-05-2015-0110     Document Type: Article

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