Fostering entrepreneurship education in engineering curricula in Greece. Experience and challenges for a Technical University

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-210

  Papayannakis, L ^a   Kastelli, I ^a   Damigos, D ^a   Mavrotas, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Engineering curricula; Entrepreneurship education; Greece; Higher education policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249133301     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043790801980086     Document Type: Article

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