Entrepreneurial characteristics amongst university students: Some insights for entrepreneurship education and training in Turkey

Education and Training

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-38

  Gürol, Yonca ^a   Atsan, Nuray ^b  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Education; Entrepreneurship; Students; Training; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644529784     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910610645716     Document Type: Article

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