The moderating role of higher education on entrepreneurship

Education and Training

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 387-402

  Ertuna, Zeliha Ilhan ^a   Gurel, Eda ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Education; Entrepreneurialism; Intention; Traits; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959775868     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400911111147703     Document Type: Review

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