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Entrepreneurship as a Key Element in Advancing the Psychology of Competitive Advantage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Andreas Rauch  and
Michael Frese
Andreas Rauch*
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
Michael Frese
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore and University of Lueneburg
*
E-mail: [email protected], Address: The Business School, University of Exeter, Streatham Court, Rennes Drive, Exeter EX4 4PU, UK
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 2012 , pp. 108 - 111
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2012 

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