Entrepreneurship education and students' internet entrepreneurship intentions: Evidence from Chinese HEIs

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 569-590

  Millman, Cindy ^a   Li, Zhengwei ^b   Matlay, Harry ^a   Wong, Wang chan ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Education; Entrepreneurialism; Internet; Motivation (psychology)

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149375465     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001011088732     Document Type: Article

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