Escalation of Commitment in Investment Decisions: The Role of Emotions under Uncertainty
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Keywords
Emotions; Escalation of commitment; Uncertainty; Entrepreneurs;All these keywords.
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- M19 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Other
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2008-12-14 (Business Economics)
- NEP-ENT-2008-12-14 (Entrepreneurship)
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