Undergraduate students as a source of potential entrepreneurs: A comparative study between Italy and Argentina

International Entrepreneurship Education: Issues and Newness

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 218-240

  Postigo, Sergio ^a   Iacobucci, Donato ^b   Tamborini, María Fernanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

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