Graduate entrepreneurship: Intentions, education and training

Education + Training

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 545-551

  Nabi, Ghulam ^a   Holden, Rick ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Entrepreneurs; Graduates; Self employed workers; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449117932     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910810909018     Document Type: Review

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