Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide: The relationship between entrepreneurial success and feelings of entrapment

Entrepreneurship Research Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Wood, Matthew S ^a   Rowe, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Entrapment; Entrepreneurial success; Side Bet Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102339779     PISSN: 21946175     EISSN: 21575665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/2157-5665.1034     Document Type: Article

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