What is “enterprise education”? An analysis of the objectives and methods of enterprise education programmes in four European countries

Education + Training

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-23

  Hytti, Ulla ^a   O’Gorman, Colm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Business enterprise; Education and training; Entrepreneurs; Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844443458     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910410518188     Document Type: Article

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