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Context, Cognitive Functioning, and Entrepreneurial Intentions in the Elderly

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This chapter looks at the role intentions can play in entrepreneurship in the elderly. It is not a review of the existing literature on older entrepreneurs as much as it is a discussion of a way to look at intentions in this population.

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  1. Åbo Akademi University, School of Business and Economics, Turku, Finland

    Malin Brännback & Alan L. Carsrud

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Brännback, M., Carsrud, A.L. (2019). Context, Cognitive Functioning, and Entrepreneurial Intentions in the Elderly. In: Maâlaoui, A. (eds) Handbook of Research on Elderly Entrepreneurship. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13334-4_3

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