Overconfidence: A common psychological attribute of entrepreneurs which leads to firm failure

Purpose – There has been significant growth in entrepreneurship research over the past several decades. Yet with all of the knowledge gained and presumably improved training of would-be entrepreneurs, firm failure rates remain persistently high. It is argued here that the historical and continued re...

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Main Author: Robert Paul Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2020-07-01
Series:New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
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Online Access:https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/NEJE-07-2019-0031/full/pdf?title=overconfidence-a-common-psychological-attribute-of-entrepreneurs-which-leads-to-firm-failure