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Entrepreneurs’ Decisions in Perceived Environmental Uncertainty

Rana Zayadin, Antonella Zucchella, Amitabh Anand, Paul Jones Orcid Logo, Nisreen Ameen

British Journal of Management, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 831 - 848

Swansea University Author: Paul Jones Orcid Logo

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This research advances the understanding of entrepreneurial decisions in the context of perceived uncertainty related to regional political instability. Using qualitative data from a sample of 29 entrepreneurs, we captured the entrepreneurs’ perceptions of uncertainty and how these perceptions infor...

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