Transferring good practice beyond organizational borders: Lessons from transferring an entrepreneurship programme

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 791-799

  Klofsten, Magnus ^a   Heydebreck, Peter ^b   Jones Evans, Dylan ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of Wales ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Best practice; Entrepreneurship; Knowledge transfer; Learning systems

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ENTREPRENEUR; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77953679333     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400903095238     Document Type: Article

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