Big bets, small wins? Entrepreneurial behavior and ROI

International Journal of Wine Business Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-250

  Gilinsky, Armand ^a   Lopez, Raymond H ^b   Santini, Cristina ^c   Eyler, Robert ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Financial performance; Investments; Return on investment; Winemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986163957     PISSN: 17511062     EISSN: 17511070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511061011075374     Document Type: Article

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