Find your own way: Entrepreneurship course development, strategic fit, and the problems of benchmarking

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-31

  Corbett, Andrew C ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Choice; Education; Entrepreneurship; Fit; Metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957720791     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2011.040413     Document Type: Article

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