The Social Sciences

Year: 2016
Volume: 11
Issue: 31
Page No. 7508 - 7515

The Gamble: A Behavioral Agency Model Application of Academic Entrepreneur Risk Taking

Authors : Wahab Azrin, Kamariah Ismail, Yusman Herme and Yasreen Airil

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