Rediscovering enterprise: Developing appropriate university entrepreneurship education

Education and Training

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 722-734

  Bridge, Simon ^a   Hegarty, Cecilia ^b   Porter, Sharon ^c  

^a Simon Bridge and Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Business enterprise; Business formation; Entrepreneurs; Higher education; Northern Ireland; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149395852     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400911011089015     Document Type: Article

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