Engineer-entrepreneur: Combining technical knowledge with entrepreneurship education-The Israeli case study

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1220-1229

  Yemini, Miri ^a   Haddad, Jehuda ^a  

^a SCE Shamoon College of Engineering   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Education; Engineering students; Entrepreneurial intentions; Entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649345176     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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