Graduate entrepreneurship: a critical review of problems, issues and personal competencies

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 621-636

  McLarty, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competencies; enterprise; entrepreneurship; graduates; skills; The Princes Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648965068     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2003.003946     Document Type: Article

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