The effect of entrepreneurship education programmes on satisfaction with innovation behaviour and performance

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 198-214

  Cruz, Natalia Martin ^a   Rodriguez Escudero, Ana Isabel ^a   Hernangomez Barahona, Juan ^a   Saboia Leitao, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b School of Medicine of Juazeiro do Norte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Business performance; Education; Entrepreneurialism; Experience; Innovation; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849084035     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590910950578     Document Type: Article

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