Entrepreneurship education in Germany and Sweden: What role do different school systems play?

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-381

  Fuchs, Kathrin ^a   Werner, Arndt ^b   Wallau, Frank ^b  

^a Institute for Education and Socio Economic Research and Consulting   (Germany)

^b Institute for Small and Medium Size Enterprises   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Entrepreneurialism; Germany; Government policy; Schools; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349184449     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000810871736     Document Type: Article

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