Students as transferors of knowledge: The problem of measuring success

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 735-758

  Clark, Gordon ^a   Dawes, Frank ^b   Heywood, Alan ^a   Mclaughlin, Tara ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employability; Knowledge transfer; Policy evaluation; SMEs; Students; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049087056     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242608096091     Document Type: Article

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