Learning by failure vs learning by habits: Entrepreneurial learning micro-strategies as determinants of the emergence of co-located entrepreneurial networks

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 524-546

  Cannavacciuolo, Lorella ^a   Iandoli, Luca ^a   Ponsiglione, Cristina ^a   Zollo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Entrepreneurial learning; Innovation; Networks; Situated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017438183     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEBR-11-2015-0238     Document Type: Article

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