Is Entrepreneurial Education at South African Universities Successful?: An Empirical Example

Industry and Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-232

  Mentoor, E R ^a   Friedrich, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

entrepreneurial orientation; entrepreneurship education; innovation; locus of control; South Africa; student attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249173010     PISSN: 09504222     EISSN: 20436858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000007781236862     Document Type: Article

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