Testing a Psychological Typology of Entrepreneurship Using Business Founders

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-69

  Miner, John B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84990394361     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886300361003     Document Type: Article

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