Entrepreneurship education: Revisiting our role and its purpose

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 500-513

  Jones, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Entrepreneurialism; Reality; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149371474     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001011088697     Document Type: Article

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