'Learn or die': The development of an assessment framework for SME entrepreneurial learning programmes

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-109

  Bergh, Pontus ^a   Jacobsson, Mattias ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enterprise development; Entrepreneurial learning programmes; Exploratory factor analysis; Learning assessment; Regression analysis; SME owner manager

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954493847     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2011.039660     Document Type: Article

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