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The determinants of entrepreneurial alertness and the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs

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  • Virgil Henry Storr
  • Arielle John

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This edited volume, a collection of both theoretical essays and empirical studies, presents an Austrian economics perspective on the role of culture in economic action. The authors illustrate that culture cannot be separated from economic action, but that it is in fact part of all decision-making.

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  • Virgil Henry Storr & Arielle John, 2015. "The determinants of entrepreneurial alertness and the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs," Chapters, in: Laura E. Grube & Virgil Henry Storr (ed.), Culture and Economic Action, chapter 4, pages 68-87, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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