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22 - Toward Deliberate Practice in the Development of Entrepreneurial Expertise: The Anatomy of the Effectual Ask

from Part V.I - Domains of Expertise: Professions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

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Nicholas Dew ,
Anusha Ramesh ,
Stuart Read  and
Saras D. Sarasvathy
Edited by
K. Anders Ericsson ,
Robert R. Hoffman ,
Aaron Kozbelt  and
A. Mark Williams
K. Anders Ericsson
Affiliation:
Florida State University
Robert R. Hoffman
Affiliation:
Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Aaron Kozbelt
Affiliation:
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
A. Mark Williams
Affiliation:
University of Utah
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The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance , pp. 389 - 412
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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