Entrepreneurial interest of university students in Singapore

Technovation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-172

  Wang, Clement K ^a   Wong, Poh Kam ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Singapore; University education

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES; UNIVERSITY EDUCATION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTERNET; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0346339820     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(02)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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