More than money: Developing an integrative multi-factorial measure of entrepreneurial success

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1098-1121

  Wach, Dominika ^a   Stephan, Ute ^b   Gorgievski, Marjan ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

entrepreneurs; firm performance; scale development; subjective success; success criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001950409     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242615608469     Document Type: Article

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