Entrepreneurship and human capital in professional sport: A longitudinal analysis of the Italian soccer league

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 70-93

  Radaelli, Giovanni ^a   Dell’Era, Claudio ^b   Frattini, Federico ^b   Petruzzelli, Antonio Messeni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Economics and Industrial Engineering ^*  (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Human capital; Opportunity search discovery; Sport entrepreneurship; Talents

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047826757     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1042258717732957     Document Type: Article

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