The entrepreneurial and innovation orientation of French, German and Dutch engineers: The proposal of a European context based upon some empirical evidence from two studies

Entrepreneurship Research in Europe: Outcomes and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 227-255

  Fayolle, Alain ^a   Ulijn, Jan ^b   Degeorge, Jean Michel ^c  

^a IAE de Grenoble   (France)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MOULIN LYON 3   (France)

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EID: 35548959780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845424572.00019     Document Type: Chapter

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