Engineers learning to become entrepreneurs, stimulations and barriers in Israel

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 321-340

  Chorev, Schaul ^a   Anderson, Alistair R ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engineers; Entrepreneurship; Generations; Israel; Technology

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENGINEERS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY;

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FORMAL LEARNING; QUALITATIVE APPROACH;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33750846336     PISSN: 15604624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2006.010956     Document Type: Article

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