An examination of tertiary students' desire to found an enterprise

Education and Training

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 552-567

  Birdthistle, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Business formation; Entrepreneurs; Higher education; Ireland; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449090986     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910810909027     Document Type: Article

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