Entrepreneurial intentions of business students - A benchmarking study

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-288

  Franke, Nikolaus ^a   Lüthje, Christian ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cross national comparison; education; Entrepreneurship; universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044447582     PISSN: 02198770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877004000209     Document Type: Article

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