Assessing the impact of entrepreneurship education programmes: A new methodology

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 701-720

  Fayolle, Alain ^a   Gailly, Benot ^b   Lassas Clerc, Narjisse ^a  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Curricula; Entrepreneurialism; Teaching methods; Training evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750977578     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590610715022     Document Type: Article

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