Entrepreneurship education and training: Can entrepreneurship be taught? Part I

Education and Training

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-111

  Henry, Colette ^a   Hill, Frances ^b   Leitch, Claire ^b  

^a DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Education; Entrepreneurs; Teaching; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844423810     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910510586524     Document Type: Article

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