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2. Technological Entrepreneurs

Author : Ian Chaston

Published in: Technological Entrepreneurship

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Across a wide range of managerial situations, academics have sought to identify specific traits of individuals who are successful in fulfilling an assigned role in order to assess the potential for an individual to effectively fulfil their managerial role. Although research has sought to identify the characteristics influencing entrepreneurial behaviour and to link these to successful business outcomes (Steers et al. 2012), success in this area of academic endeavour has been limited.

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Title: Technological Entrepreneurs
Author: Ian Chaston
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Technological Entrepreneurship
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-45849-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-45850-2

Copyright Year: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45850-2_2