Entrepreneurial skills assessment: The perspective of SBDC directors

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-29

  Schallenkamp, Ken ^a,b   Smith, William L ^a,c  

^a EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centre for Business and Economic Development

Author keywords

Assessment; Entrepreneurial skills; SBDC directors; Small business development center

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849038003     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2008.015904     Document Type: Article

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