Entrepreneur's profile: A taxonomy of attribu tes and motivations of university students

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 405-418

  Raposo, Mário ^a   Do Arminda, Paço ^a   Ferreira, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Business formation; Education; Entrepreneurialism; Motivation (psychology)

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349156633     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000810871763     Document Type: Review

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